Woman Finds Bodies Of Father, Aunt

"UPPER DARBY, PA — Authorities are investigating the suspicious deaths of ailing siblings, a brother and sister whose bodies were found in her first-floor apartment of a duplex they shared, police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said Thursday.

"Both individuals appeared to have been shot, Chitwood said early in the investigation, noting that no scenario had been ruled out.

"Official cause and manner of the deaths is pending autopsies by the Delaware County Medical Examiner’s Office.

"Investigators responded to the 3300 block of Mary Street at about 4:30 p.m.

"The man’s daughter, concerned because she had not been able to make contact with her father since 6 p.m. Wednesday, arrived to check on him Thursday afternoon, according to Chitwood. When she couldn’t locate him in his second-floor apartment, she went looking for him at her aunt’s apartment on the first floor — only to make the grim discovery.

"`Her aunt’s lying on the bed, partially on and partially off … there’s a gun in her lap and she’s bleeding from the left neck area,` Chitwood said, adding the stunned niece ran out of the apartment and called police.

"Officers responded to the scene to find the body of woman in her late 40s to early 50s partially on the bed, and the body of a man in his 60s on the floor, next to the bed, Chitwood said.

"`On her lap was a revolver,` Chitwood said."

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