In the early morning hours of Saturday, September 24, 2022, Philadelphia Fire Rescue personnel responded to a call on the 6300 block of Buist Avenue and found 59-year-old Cecil Whaley of South Felton Street. Whaley was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and died the following day, Sunday, September 25, 2022. The Office of the Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death as strangulation and classified the case as a homicide.

The Philadelphia Police Department has not publicly identified any suspects or announced arrests. Detectives continue to investigate and are asking anyone with information to come forward to assist with the open investigation.

Did anyone in the Buist Avenue or South Felton Street area see or hear anything around 2:30 a.m. on September 24, 2022 that could help investigators?