Residents of a Point Breeze neighborhood are on edge after two people were found brutally murdered in a South Philadelphia apartment.
Police say, the victims were located inside an apartment on the 1300 block of Federal Street just before midnight. Family members discovered the grisly scene and contacted police Sunday night.
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Officers responded to the 1300 block of Federal Street just before midnight after a family member found the victim’s on the floor of their first-floor apartment. Police say the victims, a 50-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were found dead in different rooms. Investigators say both victims had been tied up, and had bruises to their faces and bodies, and may have been strangled. source
There was no sign of forced entry according to police but the home appeared to have been ransacked.
A family member and another witness were being interviewed by homicide detectives.
Our thoughts and prayer go out to the family and friends at this difficult time.