Clifton Heights woman found dead in East Germantown

Philadelphia police are searching for suspects after a suburban woman was found dead inside a car in the East Germantown section of the city this weekend.

Police discovered Christine O’Neil Saturday morning in the driver side of a 2003 white Mercury on the 5000 block of Sheldon Street. The 38-year old from Clifton Heights had a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at 10 a.m.

No arrests have been made.

Officers with the department’s Homicide Unit are investigating the incident.

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