@maiyannah After adding in $e->getBacktraceAsString()
[root@archae scripts]# php delete_notice.php -i 737985
ERROR: Empty primary key ('id') value was given to query for a "Notice" object
#0 /usr/share/nginx/gnu-social/scripts/delete_notice.php(41): Managed_DataObject::getByID(NULL)
#1 {main}