Pennsylvania mother and daughter accused of killing five relatives

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The 45-year-old woman and her 19-year-old daughter each will be charged with five counts of homicide and one count of conspiracy, according to the district attorney's office.

District Attorney Matthew Weintraub said the mother and daughter were residents of the apartment in which the five relatives were found. The deceased include the mother's two children, her sister, and her sister's 9-year old twin daughters, Weintraub said in a press conference.

"I wish I had better news to report but this is important, so we wanted to come out... and make sure everybody knew that the people that committed these atrocious acts are now in custody and will be made to pay for their crimes," he said.

Weintraub said there is an ongoing investigation into how the victims died.

Pennsylvania mother and daughter accused of killing five relatives

 

[Ripley]

Holy crud, that is awful

 

[Kittyskyfish]

Come on! There were enough tacos for everybody!
I'm so going to hell.

What an evil woman. Seriously, I can't even imagine what triggered her murdering so many children.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Sep 28th, 2020

A mother and daughter pleaded guilty but mentally ill to five counts of first-degree murder and one count of criminal conspiracy in the slayings of their relatives, three of them children, last year in their apartment in Morrisville.

Shana Selena Decree, 47, and her 21-year-old daughter Dominique Kiaran Decree will serve five consecutive life sentences as part of the negotiated plea, which was accepted by President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr., who described the case as "horrific and sad at the same time."

Between Feb. 23 and Feb. 25, 2019, the pair killed Shana Decree’s children, Naa’Irah Smith, 25, and Damon Decree Jr., 13, both of Morrisville; as well as Shana Decree’s sister, Jamilla Campbell, 42, of Trenton, New Jersey, and Campbell’s 9-year-old twin daughters Imani and Erika Allen.

Their bodies were discovered at about 4 p.m. Feb. 25, 2019, in a bedroom inside Unit S7 of the Robert Morris Apartments. Both defendants resided in the apartment.

Autopsies determined Erika Allen, Imani Allen, Damon Decree and Naa’Irah Smith were killed by homicidal asphyxia and Jamilla Campbell was killed by homicidal ligature strangulation. All five deaths were all ruled homicides.

During the investigation by Morrisville Borough Police and Bucks County Detectives, Shana Decree told investigators that all five victims, including the children, wanted to die. Also, during the investigation, Shana and Dominique gave differing accounts of who killed who during the massacre.

Separate mental health professionals offered their opinions that Shana and Dominique Decree were guilty but mentally ill at the time of the murders.

Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://bucks.crimewatchpa.com/da/2...ilty-morrisville-massacre-five-family-members