Sources: Man found dead in closet; woman facing homicide charges
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Wednesday, October 7, 2026 4:04AM
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Philadelphia police have arrested a woman in connection with a fatal stabbing in the city’s Germantown neighborhood.
Officers responded to a home on the 600 block of East Chelten Avenue around 6:50 p.m. last Thursday.
At the scene, sources said officers discovered a man dead inside a closet in a third-floor apartment. Sources say he had been stabbed multiple times.
The victim was identified as 37-year-old Dorakoma Lim.
On Tuesday, police announced the arrest of 34-year-old Marianne Lara Wright. She has been charged with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse and possessing an instrument of crime.
Investigators have not released details about what led to the stabbing.
Authorities also have not said whether Wright and Lim knew each other.
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