Man found dead inside jeep in East Oak Lane

Saturday, August 18, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A young man goes missing and his found dead in the back seat of a Jeep days later. Now his mother wants justice.

"He was a loving child. He would give the shirt off his back to anybody, was never in no trouble," said victim's mother Sophia Singleton.
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Singleton says she last heard from her son, Trayquan Knighten, around 9 p.m. on Saturday February 3rd.

"I asked him, is he coming back home and he said 'no not right now why' and I said I want you to take me to Wawa. He said 'I see you later on'," said Singleton.

Eleven days pass with no sign of him. Then on Wednesday, February 14, a friend calls with some bad news.

"They just found his body in the back seat in the back of his Jeep," said Singleton.



The 20-year-old was found shot to death in the back of a dark gray Jeep Cherokee along the 1300 block of 68th Avenue in Philadelphia's East Oak Lane section.
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His mother says he had $5,000 on him that was stolen.

"It's just worrying me, I cry every day, I cry every night," said Singleton.

The City of Philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 in reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible.

All you have to do is call the Citizens Crime Commission at 215-546-TIPS.

All calls will remain anonymous.
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"Anybody that knows anything can they please just come and report it," added Singleton.
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