At 6 feet 6 and 300 pounds, Siegfried Moore would be an undesirable opponent in a fight.
But the Logan man picked the wrong person to tangle with on Aug. 4, when he allegedly pounced on Devaughn Smith, one of two people he overpowered and killed earlier this month, police say.
As Moore stabbed him repeatedly, police say, Smith was able to turn the blade on his attacker and plunge it deep into his stomach.
Smith, 19, died of his injuries. Moore fled - and might have gotten away with murder, police say.
But his victim's blow punctured Moore's lung, and he needed a doctor's attention.
Detectives already had suspected Moore, 51, who knew both victims and had a violent criminal record. His hospital visits sealed their suspicions, and DNA tests confirmed his involvement in both killings, homicide Capt. James Clark said yesterday.
"This is a 6-foot-6, 300-pound predator that we're very happy to get off the streets," Clark said.
Both attacks were robberies, he said.
In the first case, Moore ambushed Smith in the vestibule of an apartment building on Camac Street near Louden about 3:30 a.m. Aug. 4, police said. Smith, who lived two blocks away, had been visiting a cousin there, Clark said.
Moore stole an undetermined amount of cash from Smith and stabbed him in the back, neck and torso, police say.
A week later, Moore allegedly attacked Huan Mo, 53, in the office of the coin-operated laundry her family owned at 15th Street and Wyoming Avenue. He stabbed her repeatedly when she resisted and stole an undetermined amount of money, Clark said.
Her husband and teenage son, worried when she didn't return to their South Philadelphia home, went searching for her and found the gory scene.
After Moore sought treatment at Albert Einstein Medical Center on Aug. 16 for the stab wound, police got a warrant to search his home on 15th Street near Belfield Avenue, Clark said.
There, they found gore-stained clothing, a bloody knife and screwdriver, cash and other evidence from the laundry, Clark said.
DNA tests on those items linked him to both murder scenes, Clark said.
Moore, a customer at the laundry who lived just a short walk away, remained in stable condition yesterday at Albert Einstein Medical Center. He is charged with murder and related charges in both killings.
Court records show that Moore, a high-school dropout, was arrested in August 2004 for punching a police officer in the head.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine to 23 months in prison and four years' probation.
He also has an October 2005 arrest for drug possession; he was found guilty and sentenced to 12 months' probation, records show.
A 21-year-old Yeadon man was shot early Saturday morning and died at the the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania later in the afternoon. Upper Darby police are still looking for the shooter.
Ryan Duncan was shot while walking with two friends near the 200 block of North Wycombe Avenue at 3:30 a.m., said Upper Darby Superintendent Michael Chitwood. Duncan, who was shot in the abdomen, had been involved in an altercation at a McDonald's on 69th Street earlier that evening, Chitwood said.
Police found Duncan nearby on Poweltown Avenue near the border of Upper Darby and Lansdowne, Delaware County. He spoke briefly to police and a friend before he was taken to the hospital. Duncan died at 2 p.m. Saturday.
-Joelle Farrell
Uke said
11:03 AM, 08/29/10
Chalk up one for Philly's finest. Getting Moore off the streets is a big deal. He's a fuckin' psychotic, and extremely dangerous type.
How many unsolved/cold cases may be traced back ta him via DNA evidence when they go through his digs with care? Maybe a few more. Then they can either lock the bastard away for life without parole, or ice him.
Jonathan Wilson, 26, was shot and killed while driving his car in North Philadelphia early Saturday.
Wilson was driving on 26th Street near Sterner in his tan Ford sedan shortly after 4 a.m. when a bullet struck him in the back of the head. His car struck a parked vehicle and a utility pole before stopping, police said.
Wilson, of Dicks Avenue near 64th Street, in Southwest Philadelphia, was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital at 4:42 a.m. It was not known if he was the intended target of the shooting.
Man hurt in N. Phila. shooting
Officers responding to gunshots in North Philadelphia shortly before 1 a.m. yesterday found a 23-year-old man with bullet wounds to his stomach and buttocks. The victim, whose identity was not released, was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was in critical condition following surgery, police said.
An unidentified woman was found stabbed to death in front of a West Philadelphia house early yesterday, police said.
The woman, who was listed as a Jane Doe, was found with multiple stab wounds to her face, chest and back shortly after midnight on Peach Street near Race. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:06 a.m., police said.
Charred body found in car
Firefighters responding to a car fire at a parking lot near an elementary school playground in Broomall early yesterday made a grisly discovery - a charred body in the driver's seat.
The burning sedan was found about 3 a.m. at Loomis Elementary School, on Central Boulevard in Marple Township. The victim's gender and identity had not been determined, according to police. It remains unknown whether the individual died before the fire or in it.
JAMES STOKES often wore Tarzan, Superman and "Star Trek" costumes - and not on Halloween, according to neighbors on his Southwest Philadelphia block.
Stokes, 37, also liked wigs - from Jheri curls to Afros - and once was seen at a local water-ice stand with a lollipop and a sign around his neck that read: "Single man looking for a woman," several neighbors said.
But shortly after midnight Monday, Stokes' eccentric behavior turned deadly when he repeatedly stabbed Stephanie Clory, a 45-year-old mother of three, and dragged her mutilated body out to the sidewalk, police said.
Clory, stabbed multiple times in the face, chest and back, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:06 a.m., police said.
"I just hope and pray she had enough time to say, 'Lord, have mercy,' " said Clory's mother, Willie Clory.
Stokes was arrested Monday and charged with murder. Police last night were unable to confirm where the arrest had taken place.
Eight of Stokes' neighbors on Peach Street near Warrington Avenue, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that his personality was unusual, to say the least.
A 48-year-old man and an elderly woman said that Stokes, who had two surveillance cameras on his front porch, would come outside in the middle of the night and curse for no apparent reason.
"Late at night, he'd scream like he was a coyote," the woman said.
Several neighbors said that Stokes would dress in a "Star Trek" uniform, replete with boots and a communicator pin, and that he often wore a Superman costume and rode his bicycle around town.
A 51-year-old woman who grew up on the block, and whose 70-year-old mother still lives there, said that Stokes also dressed like Tarzan and would stand on the porch beating his chest.
"He was just really crazy," she said. "He was spooky, he was scary."
Two other neighbors said that they once saw Stokes wearing buttless chaps - and nothing else.
He would hang out at the library, the local water-ice stand and the 18th Police District station, at 55th and Pine streets, where he would watch preliminary hearings, neighbors said.
Creepiest of all, several neighbors said, was that he would hang around elementary schools as they were opening and letting out for the day.
A neighbor who saw Clory's body said that he initially thought that she had suffered a bullet wound to the head, because the stab wounds were so big.
"I ain't for the death penalty, but this guy can have it, he needs it," the neighbor said.
"The electric chair, the firing squad, hanging, the gallows. They need to do all that to him."
Willie Clory said that Stokes had been stalking her daughter, and that she had filed three police reports about him. The police-report filings could not be confirmed last night.
She said that she didn't know why her daughter was at Stokes' house Monday, but feared that Stephanie may have been picking up something for her when she ran into Stokes.
Clory said that her daughter, whose children range in age from 11 to 22, was a security guard who liked to dance, sing, laugh and joke.
When she heard the news from homicide detectives early Monday morning, Clory said, they had to pick her up off the floor.
"I had two kids, now I have one," she said.
"He doesn't know how many people he hurt, he doesn't know how many lives he destroyed."
Okay Troll, it's the first of September. Time for a tally. How many murders so far in Philly [and its surrounding 'burbs] ?
And IF ya don't have a valid excuse...we'll shut this thredd! Permanent like!
A 35-year-old man was shot 10 times and killed in North Philadelphia last night, police said. The victim, who was not identified, was shot in the back, chest and arms on Germantown Avenue near Huntingdon Street and taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 10 p.m., police said.
Shooting kills man in Parkside
A 30-year-old man was shot to death early yesterday on Thompson Street near 51st, in Parkside. Police said that the man, whose name was not released, was shot multiple times in the chest and back. He died at 12:20 a.m. at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
September 2, 2010 Murders as of 11:59 PM Previous Day
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Troll said
11:46 PM, 09/02/10
Sep 2, 2010 11:00 pm US/Eastern
State Police Seek Driver In Deadly Road Rage Crash
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3)
Pennsylvania State Police are seeking help from the public locating a driver wanted in connection to an alleged road incident that left a motorcyclist dead.
Authorities say the incident happened in the southbound lanes of I-95 near the Philadelphia airport on July 30, 2010 at 8:48 p.m.
The motorcycle driver, identified as Thomas Dean, 40, of Claymont, Delaware, was involved in an incident with a driver of a dark-colored SUV or pickup truck that reportedly caused Dean to crash.
Dean, who was not wearing a helmet, died from injuries sustained in the crash.
Authorities say the incident is a homicide investigation and ask anyone with information to call Pennsylvania State Police at 215-560-6200.
That's gotta be a record. The first eight months of 2010, 207 murders in the greater Philadelphia metro area. Damn!
Somebody call the people who track this shit...what's their names? Guiness... Somethin' like that!
Troll said
8:08 PM, 09/03/10
No there was more at this time back in '07 when Philly finished the year with over 400 murders.
Troll said
8:12 PM, 09/03/10
2010........207
2009........199
2008........220
2007........286
Uke said
9:29 AM, 09/04/10
Okay. So it's just September. Four more months of murder, mayhem, and madness ta come! Watch as the numbers rise! Troll promises to keep us apprised of every last dirty detail!
Carol Keenan, a Goretti girl who became the first female homicide detective in Philadelphia, wasn't about to let cancer get in the way of her having a great time with friends and family.
So, in July 2008, Keenan threw an "I Ain't Dead Yet" party at her North Wildwood home. She had white T-shirts made up with gold letters reading "Chemo Sabie" on the front and a grim reaper illustration with a red line through it on the back.
Keenan, who was with the Philadelphia Police Department for 14 years, made history when she became the first female detective of the elite Homicide Unit in 1985.
"Once you leave the Police Department, you're kind of forgotten. Carol left in '89, and 30 years later there had to be 168 people . . . who came here just to be here for her because she was such a positive presence," said Inspector Jeanette Laker Dooley, with the Internal Affairs Division. "She just energized so many people. They wanted a Carol fix."
On Thursday, Keenan, 60, succumbed to a form of cancer in her home after nearly a three-year battle, said close friend Larry Gerrard, her neighbor and a former homicide detective colleague.
Mike Chitwood, a former Philadelphia detective who is now Upper Darby police superintendent, mentored Keenan when she started investigating homicides as an officer in the Juvenile Aid Division. When Keenan later passed the detective exam, she asked for and received Chitwood's badge number 710, telling the Daily News: "I hope someday I can help someone the way he helped me."
"Keenan was great detective, great person, a loss to society," Chitwood said.
Attorney Richard Sprague, who represented Keenan in a 1987 lawsuit against the city and Police Department, praised her as "one of the brightest and best and hardworking" detectives he's worked with.
In her lawsuit Keenan alleged sex discrimination and violation of her First Amendment rights, contending that she had been transferred from Homicide to South Detectives after complaining about a pattern of gender bias. Four of her former male colleagues also sued on First Amendment grounds after being shipped out to different divisions because they had supported her case.
A federal jury in 1990 awarded them $2.44 million, later reduced by a judge, in compensatory and punitive damages. The litigation by then had essentially nixed Keenan's career.
After the verdict, Keenan said: "In 1989 there were 501 homicides. I should have been listed as number 502."
"Prior to Carol Keenan, the expectation for female performance was less than adequate," Dooley said. In part because of Keenan, she said, current females in law enforcement "are accepted and given the chance to prove themselves with the understanding that they have the potential for excellence."
She is survived by her husband Robert Berardo, a retired lieutenant with the Major Crimes Unit, and her nephew J. Patrick. She graduated from St. Maria Goretti High School in 1968 and the Police Academy in 1976.
Services: Viewing will be 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Tuesday at St. Ann's Church, 2900 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood, N.J. Funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. Burial will be private.
Keenan "insisted on casual attire" for her viewing and funeral, Gerrard said. "No suits."
In lieu of flowers or cash, Keenan's husband asks family and friends "to do an act of kindness for a stranger," Gerrard said.
Stabbing victim's last deed was to nail his killer, cops say
By DANA DiFILIPPO
Philadelphia Daily News
difilid@phillynews.com 215-854-5934
At 6 feet 6 and 300 pounds, Siegfried Moore would be an undesirable opponent in a fight.
But the Logan man picked the wrong person to tangle with on Aug. 4, when he allegedly pounced on Devaughn Smith, one of two people he overpowered and killed earlier this month, police say.
As Moore stabbed him repeatedly, police say, Smith was able to turn the blade on his attacker and plunge it deep into his stomach.
Smith, 19, died of his injuries. Moore fled - and might have gotten away with murder, police say.
But his victim's blow punctured Moore's lung, and he needed a doctor's attention.
Detectives already had suspected Moore, 51, who knew both victims and had a violent criminal record. His hospital visits sealed their suspicions, and DNA tests confirmed his involvement in both killings, homicide Capt. James Clark said yesterday.
"This is a 6-foot-6, 300-pound predator that we're very happy to get off the streets," Clark said.
Both attacks were robberies, he said.
In the first case, Moore ambushed Smith in the vestibule of an apartment building on Camac Street near Louden about 3:30 a.m. Aug. 4, police said. Smith, who lived two blocks away, had been visiting a cousin there, Clark said.
Moore stole an undetermined amount of cash from Smith and stabbed him in the back, neck and torso, police say.
A week later, Moore allegedly attacked Huan Mo, 53, in the office of the coin-operated laundry her family owned at 15th Street and Wyoming Avenue. He stabbed her repeatedly when she resisted and stole an undetermined amount of money, Clark said.
Her husband and teenage son, worried when she didn't return to their South Philadelphia home, went searching for her and found the gory scene.
After Moore sought treatment at Albert Einstein Medical Center on Aug. 16 for the stab wound, police got a warrant to search his home on 15th Street near Belfield Avenue, Clark said.
There, they found gore-stained clothing, a bloody knife and screwdriver, cash and other evidence from the laundry, Clark said.
DNA tests on those items linked him to both murder scenes, Clark said.
Moore, a customer at the laundry who lived just a short walk away, remained in stable condition yesterday at Albert Einstein Medical Center. He is charged with murder and related charges in both killings.
Court records show that Moore, a high-school dropout, was arrested in August 2004 for punching a police officer in the head.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine to 23 months in prison and four years' probation.
He also has an October 2005 arrest for drug possession; he was found guilty and sentenced to 12 months' probation, records show.
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Man killed in Upper Darby
A 21-year-old Yeadon man was shot early Saturday morning and died at the the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania later in the afternoon. Upper Darby police are still looking for the shooter.
Ryan Duncan was shot while walking with two friends near the 200 block of North Wycombe Avenue at 3:30 a.m., said Upper Darby Superintendent Michael Chitwood. Duncan, who was shot in the abdomen, had been involved in an altercation at a McDonald's on 69th Street earlier that evening, Chitwood said.
Police found Duncan nearby on Poweltown Avenue near the border of Upper Darby and Lansdowne, Delaware County. He spoke briefly to police and a friend before he was taken to the hospital. Duncan died at 2 p.m. Saturday.
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Bullet kills driver in N. Phila.
Jonathan Wilson, 26, was shot and killed while driving his car in North Philadelphia early Saturday.
Wilson was driving on 26th Street near Sterner in his tan Ford sedan shortly after 4 a.m. when a bullet struck him in the back of the head. His car struck a parked vehicle and a utility pole before stopping, police said.
Wilson, of Dicks Avenue near 64th Street, in Southwest Philadelphia, was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital at 4:42 a.m. It was not known if he was the intended target of the shooting.
Man hurt in N. Phila. shooting
Officers responding to gunshots in North Philadelphia shortly before 1 a.m. yesterday found a 23-year-old man with bullet wounds to his stomach and buttocks. The victim, whose identity was not released, was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was in critical condition following surgery, police said.
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Woman fatally stabbed
An unidentified woman was found stabbed to death in front of a West Philadelphia house early yesterday, police said.
The woman, who was listed as a Jane Doe, was found with multiple stab wounds to her face, chest and back shortly after midnight on Peach Street near Race. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:06 a.m., police said.
Charred body found in car
Firefighters responding to a car fire at a parking lot near an elementary school playground in Broomall early yesterday made a grisly discovery - a charred body in the driver's seat.
The burning sedan was found about 3 a.m. at Loomis Elementary School, on Central Boulevard in Marple Township. The victim's gender and identity had not been determined, according to police. It remains unknown whether the individual died before the fire or in it.
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Eccentric man charged in brutal stab-slaying
By STEPHANIE FARR
Philadelphia Daily News
farrs@phillynews.com 215-854-4225
JAMES STOKES often wore Tarzan, Superman and "Star Trek" costumes - and not on Halloween, according to neighbors on his Southwest Philadelphia block.
Stokes, 37, also liked wigs - from Jheri curls to Afros - and once was seen at a local water-ice stand with a lollipop and a sign around his neck that read: "Single man looking for a woman," several neighbors said.
But shortly after midnight Monday, Stokes' eccentric behavior turned deadly when he repeatedly stabbed Stephanie Clory, a 45-year-old mother of three, and dragged her mutilated body out to the sidewalk, police said.
Clory, stabbed multiple times in the face, chest and back, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:06 a.m., police said.
"I just hope and pray she had enough time to say, 'Lord, have mercy,' " said Clory's mother, Willie Clory.
Stokes was arrested Monday and charged with murder. Police last night were unable to confirm where the arrest had taken place.
Eight of Stokes' neighbors on Peach Street near Warrington Avenue, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that his personality was unusual, to say the least.
A 48-year-old man and an elderly woman said that Stokes, who had two surveillance cameras on his front porch, would come outside in the middle of the night and curse for no apparent reason.
"Late at night, he'd scream like he was a coyote," the woman said.
Several neighbors said that Stokes would dress in a "Star Trek" uniform, replete with boots and a communicator pin, and that he often wore a Superman costume and rode his bicycle around town.
A 51-year-old woman who grew up on the block, and whose 70-year-old mother still lives there, said that Stokes also dressed like Tarzan and would stand on the porch beating his chest.
"He was just really crazy," she said. "He was spooky, he was scary."
Two other neighbors said that they once saw Stokes wearing buttless chaps - and nothing else.
He would hang out at the library, the local water-ice stand and the 18th Police District station, at 55th and Pine streets, where he would watch preliminary hearings, neighbors said.
Creepiest of all, several neighbors said, was that he would hang around elementary schools as they were opening and letting out for the day.
A neighbor who saw Clory's body said that he initially thought that she had suffered a bullet wound to the head, because the stab wounds were so big.
"I ain't for the death penalty, but this guy can have it, he needs it," the neighbor said.
"The electric chair, the firing squad, hanging, the gallows. They need to do all that to him."
Willie Clory said that Stokes had been stalking her daughter, and that she had filed three police reports about him. The police-report filings could not be confirmed last night.
She said that she didn't know why her daughter was at Stokes' house Monday, but feared that Stephanie may have been picking up something for her when she ran into Stokes.
Clory said that her daughter, whose children range in age from 11 to 22, was a security guard who liked to dance, sing, laugh and joke.
When she heard the news from homicide detectives early Monday morning, Clory said, they had to pick her up off the floor.
"I had two kids, now I have one," she said.
"He doesn't know how many people he hurt, he doesn't know how many lives he destroyed."
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A 35-year-old man was shot 10 times and killed in North Philadelphia last night, police said. The victim, who was not identified, was shot in the back, chest and arms on Germantown Avenue near Huntingdon Street and taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 10 p.m., police said.
Shooting kills man in Parkside
A 30-year-old man was shot to death early yesterday on Thompson Street near 51st, in Parkside. Police said that the man, whose name was not released, was shot multiple times in the chest and back. He died at 12:20 a.m. at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Tipsters can call 215-686-3334.
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State Police Seek Driver In Deadly Road Rage Crash
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3)Authorities say the incident happened in the southbound lanes of I-95 near the Philadelphia airport on July 30, 2010 at 8:48 p.m.
The motorcycle driver, identified as Thomas Dean, 40, of Claymont, Delaware, was involved in an incident with a driver of a dark-colored SUV or pickup truck that reportedly caused Dean to crash.
Dean, who was not wearing a helmet, died from injuries sustained in the crash.
Authorities say the incident is a homicide investigation and ask anyone with information to call Pennsylvania State Police at 215-560-6200.
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Trailblazing Philadelphia cop Carol Keenan dies
By REGINA MEDINA
Philadelphia Daily News
medinar@phillynews.com 215-854-5985
Carol Keenan, a Goretti girl who became the first female homicide detective in Philadelphia, wasn't about to let cancer get in the way of her having a great time with friends and family.
So, in July 2008, Keenan threw an "I Ain't Dead Yet" party at her North Wildwood home. She had white T-shirts made up with gold letters reading "Chemo Sabie" on the front and a grim reaper illustration with a red line through it on the back.
Keenan, who was with the Philadelphia Police Department for 14 years, made history when she became the first female detective of the elite Homicide Unit in 1985.
"Once you leave the Police Department, you're kind of forgotten. Carol left in '89, and 30 years later there had to be 168 people . . . who came here just to be here for her because she was such a positive presence," said Inspector Jeanette Laker Dooley, with the Internal Affairs Division. "She just energized so many people. They wanted a Carol fix."
On Thursday, Keenan, 60, succumbed to a form of cancer in her home after nearly a three-year battle, said close friend Larry Gerrard, her neighbor and a former homicide detective colleague.
Mike Chitwood, a former Philadelphia detective who is now Upper Darby police superintendent, mentored Keenan when she started investigating homicides as an officer in the Juvenile Aid Division. When Keenan later passed the detective exam, she asked for and received Chitwood's badge number 710, telling the Daily News: "I hope someday I can help someone the way he helped me."
"Keenan was great detective, great person, a loss to society," Chitwood said.
Attorney Richard Sprague, who represented Keenan in a 1987 lawsuit against the city and Police Department, praised her as "one of the brightest and best and hardworking" detectives he's worked with.
In her lawsuit Keenan alleged sex discrimination and violation of her First Amendment rights, contending that she had been transferred from Homicide to South Detectives after complaining about a pattern of gender bias. Four of her former male colleagues also sued on First Amendment grounds after being shipped out to different divisions because they had supported her case.
A federal jury in 1990 awarded them $2.44 million, later reduced by a judge, in compensatory and punitive damages. The litigation by then had essentially nixed Keenan's career.
After the verdict, Keenan said: "In 1989 there were 501 homicides. I should have been listed as number 502."
"Prior to Carol Keenan, the expectation for female performance was less than adequate," Dooley said. In part because of Keenan, she said, current females in law enforcement "are accepted and given the chance to prove themselves with the understanding that they have the potential for excellence."
She is survived by her husband Robert Berardo, a retired lieutenant with the Major Crimes Unit, and her nephew J. Patrick. She graduated from St. Maria Goretti High School in 1968 and the Police Academy in 1976.
Services: Viewing will be 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Tuesday at St. Ann's Church, 2900 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood, N.J. Funeral Mass will follow at 10 a.m. Burial will be private.
Keenan "insisted on casual attire" for her viewing and funeral, Gerrard said. "No suits."
In lieu of flowers or cash, Keenan's husband asks family and friends "to do an act of kindness for a stranger," Gerrard said.
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