In the summer of 1987, police in North Philadelphia found the decomposing remains of seven victims in an apartment on North 19th Street after the tenant was evicted because of a foul odor. Patricia Franklin, 24, was among those victims. Investigators determined the victims had been strangled, often during or after encounters involving drugs and sex, and that the time of death for the group ranged from about ten days to several months before discovery.

The apartment’s tenant, Harrison Graham, later confessed to the killings. His trial began March 7, 1988; he waived a jury and pleaded guilty. The defense cited Graham’s intellectual disability and severe drug addiction. On April 28, 1988, he was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to six death sentences and one life sentence, with the court specifying the death sentences would follow the life term.

Does anyone have additional information about Patricia Franklin’s life or where she was living and known in Philadelphia before the summer of 1987?