What to Know
- An investigation is underway after a body was found on an I-95 off-ramp in Philadelphia Wednesday.
- Police are working to identify the victim and determine a cause of death.
- This is the third body that was found in Philadelphia within the past two days.
UPDATE: Pennsylvania State Police identified the body as 48-year-old John Dizio.
An investigation is underway after a body was found on an I-95 off-ramp in Philadelphia Wednesday.
Pennsylvania state police responded to the I-95 northbound off-ramp to Allegheny Avenue around 11:30 a.m. for a report of a suspicious person. When the troopers arrived, they found the body of a man near the exit ramp.
The ramp was closed for several hours but later reopened.
Police are working to identify the victim and determine a cause of death. If you have any information, please call the Pennsylvania State Police Philadelphia Criminal Investigation Unit at 215-452-5216.
This is the third body that was found in Philadelphia within the past two days. A man’s body was found wrapped in plastic tarp inside a Spring Garden apartment Wednesday morning while the body of a woman was found in a suitcase in Southwest Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.
