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35 years after Philly teen's death, questions remain

On Columbus Day 1975, on the final morning of his 16-year life, Martin Michael Burkle rose early for work. The tall, skinny Kensington youth with long, light-brown hair usually worked nights, pumping gas for $2.39 an hour at the BP station on Spring Garden Street and Delaware Avenue. On this day, he was filling in for a coworker.

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