More than 30 years have passed since the homicide of Shilie Turner, one of West Philadelphia’s most promising Black teenage athletes.
At the time of the crime, the 17-year-old William Penn High School senior was a standout runner with several scholarship offers on the table and outstanding Olympic potential. She was also a natural leader, with coaches seeing her as the star anchor of the relay team.
Her future was as bright as it could be, until one Sunday night in January 1993, she left home and never made it back.
