Partially decomposed body discovered in West Philly home, police say

A man checking on a friend made a grim discovery early Tuesday, police said, when he found a partially decomposed body in a West Philly home.

According to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, officers responded to a home along the unit block of North 61st Street at about 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday after a 9-1-1 caller reported that they had found a body in a home there.

Inside the property, Small said first responders found a body, laying face down, that had appeared to have been there for some time as it was partially decomposed…

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