A mother and daughter are both in custody after they allegedly murdered five family members inside an apartment in Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
Shana Decree, 45, and her daughter Dominique Decree, 19, will both be charged with five counts of homicide and one count each of conspiracy.
The five victims were identified as Shana’s two children, Naa’irah Smith, 25, and Damon Decree Jr., 13, as well as her sister Jamilla Campbell, 42, and Campbell’s 9-year-old twin daughters Imani and Erika Allen.
All five victims were found dead during a welfare check on Monday afternoon. The bodies were discovered inside two bedrooms of a first-floor apartment in Morrisville.
Shana Decree and Dominique Decree were both hospitalized before being taken into custody.
“This is a terrible tragedy. We just spoke with the family of all five of the deceased, and we’re all heartbroken,” said Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub. “The people that committed these atrocious acts are now in custody and will be made to pay for their crimes.”
“It really hurts. Like, It really hurts, like, four people two people, one person, it don’t even matter we need to know what’s going on in our community,” said neighbor Nicole Owens.
Officials are still investigating. Police did not say how the victims died.