Earl Butler, a 48-year-old Black man from Philadelphia, is listed among the city’s 2007 homicide victims though the violence tied to his death dates back much earlier. The homicide record gives an assault date of June 13, 1994, and a date of death of March 3, 2007, suggesting injuries from the 1994 assault were later treated as homicidal when Butler died. The location associated with the case is the 300 block of North Holly Street in Philadelphia.

Does anyone have information about Butler, the 1994 assault, or why his death was attributed to that earlier violence?