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Matthew Bucholz, who was Sarah Wolfe's boyfriend, posted this undated photo of himself with her on Facebook. She was found dead, along with her sister, Susan, in the basement of their PIttsburgh home.
Mystery surrounds the death of two adult sisters apparently shot dead in their
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home's basement.

The bodies of Susan Wolfe, 44, and Sarah Wolfe, 38 — whose other sister Mary Wolfe is an Iowa Democratic state representative — were discovered Friday afternoon.

Cops were called to search the property after the duo didn't show up for work. Officers are now treating the case as a double homicide.

Lt. Daniel Herrmann said they currently didn't have a motive for the killings — and revealed there were no signs of forced entry
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Susan, a teacher at Hillel Academy in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood, attended work as usual on Thursday
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When she didn't show the following morning, however, center director Dori Oshlag became worried
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Authorities made a wellness check just after 1 p.m. and found her body.
The corpse of her sister, Sarah, who worked at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, was alongside hers.

Both sisters were pronounced dead at 1:48 p.m.
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Sarah's boyfriend Matthew Buchholz, who is not a suspect in the case, took to Facebook to his partner.

"[She was a] beautiful, brilliant funny woman who worked as a children's psychiatrist and was an old school riot 'grrrl.'...This whole thing is unimaginably sad," he wrote.

And Sarah's former landlord Kelly Carter described her as a "dream tenant, model neighbor and friend."
The sisters' other sibling, Rep. Wolfe, thanked friends, colleagues and neighbors for their support.
"We are so grateful," she wrote on Facebook, adding: "Heartbroken, but grateful."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...ad-pittsburgh-article-1.1608132#ixzz2syCejFEz

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Democratic state Rep. Mary Wolfe posted this family photo to Facebook in honor of her two sisters, Susan and Sarah Wolfe.
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A source told
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the bodies of two adult sisters who were found dead inside a
home in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood last Friday were doused in bleach.
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The sisters were found shot in the head in the basement of their home in the 700 block of Chislett Street, police said.
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Police found Sarah Wolfe's 2011 Ford Fiesta parked about a mile away in front of the Carnegie Library.

Herrmann said Dr. Sarah Wolfe worked at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, while Susan Wolfe was a teacher's aide at a school in Squirrel Hill. He said the sisters had moved to the area in December.

In a message on Facebook, their mother posted a letter that was written by their brother, John. The letter read: "My sisters both cared about children and the world; both lived lives dedicated to education and service."

He went on to write that Sarah was a pediatrician and a psychiatrist who specialized in treating children who had been hurt by violence, abuse, neglect and crime. He wrote that Susan, who was a teacher's aide in Pittsburgh, once worked in a behavioral disorder classroom in Chicago.
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Neighbors said the area has seen less crime in recent years and they were stunned by the murder investigation.

"Everybody is worried about this now. because you know you're scared to come out at night," said neighbor Michael White, who has lived in the East Liberty neighborhood for 11 years.

"It's just not as safe as we thought it was," said White.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center issued the following statement:

“It is with deep sorrow and heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of Dr. Sarah Wolfe. We send our sympathy to Sarah’s family and friends who mourn her loss as well as the loss of her sister. Sarah served children, adolescents and families at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and served as a consultant at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. As a triple-boarded physician, Sarah was a pediatrician, child psychiatrist and an adult psychiatrist. She was an assistant professor with the University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychiatry. She was known as a very compassionate, warm, caring and bright physician who was praised by patients, families, staff and colleagues,” said Dr. Claudia M. Roth, president and CEO of Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and vice president of Behavioral Health for UPMC.

Sarah Wolfe, had just begun volunteering at Animal Friends. There is now an online group raising money for Animal Friends, on her behalf, as well as a scholarship in Dr. Sarah Wolfe's name.
http://www.wtae.com/news/local/alle...24355752/-/to8j40z/-/index.html#ixzz2syDqH71F

Two sisters of Iowa lawmaker murdered in their home: Psychiatrist and teacher's aide each killed with bullet to the head
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...owa-lawmaker-murdered-home.html#ixzz2syEjALZs
that black and white pic doesnt want to center no matter what
maybe its them not wanting to center
 
I find myself wondering which of the two sisters was the main target and which merely collateral damage......
 
This is so tragic...I hope they catch the person or people involved in this. Something tells me it was someone they knew or befriended. I can't imagine the terror they lived through!
 
One of two sisters found dead inside her East Liberty home last week was spotted on a Port Authority bus with a man the night before her body was found.

Investigators have obtained video of one of the sisters together with a man on a Port Authority bus, according to a source familiar with that portion of the investigation. Susan Wolfe, 44, typically took a bus from her job in Squirrel Hill to her home, while her younger sister, Sarah Wolfe, 38, drove.

Investigators were able to track the use of a ConnectCard belonging to one of the victims, which allowed them to focus on video from a particular bus at a specific time. Police have images of the two on the bus as well as outside the bus.

Among the theories being pursued by investigators is one that Sarah Wolfe, a psychiatrist at Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, arrived at her Chislett Street home after an assault on her older sister began.

Allegheny County medical examiner Karl Williams has said both women died of a single gunshot wound to the head and sustained additional injuries, which he would not describe.
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Susan was naked. Sarah was clothed. Sources said a liquid was poured over at least one of the women's bodies, possibly in an effort to mask evidence. Officials have not publicly said whether either was sexually assaulted.

The house was the site of a burglary in which two televisions were taken Dec. 30, Susan's birthday. Sarah purchased the home about three weeks earlier."
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/c...en-with-man-night-before/stories/201402110167
Detectives have also fanned out across the city in an attempt to speak to homeless men.

One theory revolves around Susan Wolfe’s possible relationship with homeless men. Sources confirm she had a “deep compassion” for people in need.

Sources also confirm that a timeline has been established in the crime.

Right now, it looks like Sarah Wolfe arrived two hours after her sister arrived at the home – and nearly two hours after the suspect arrived at the home.

So police believe whoever killed both sisters was in the home nearly two hours.

Right now, police can not identify the man who appears to follow Susan Wolfe off of a Port Authority bus.
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2014...ing-sister-off-of-bus-prior-to-double-murder/

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I actually knew a Sarah Wolfe in high school, same age, in Iowa who had a bunch of sisters. Did some poking around, dont think it is her. Really weird though
 
Mr. Peter, more than just a few of those "homeless vermin" are veterans. Let's not include them in this. I talked to one today in Joplin. Bought him something to eat. Nice man.
 
Mr. Peter, more than just a few of those "homeless vermin" are veterans. Let's not include them in this. I talked to one today in Joplin. Bought him something to eat. Nice man.

Veterans can smoke crack just like anyone else. Timothy McVeigh was a veteran. Charles Whitman was a veteran. Lee Harvey Oswald was a veteran. Foghorn Leghorn was a veteran. No one is exempt from my proclamation! Steel yourself against pity! Act ruthlessly! This is my unshakeable belief!
 
Veterans can smoke crack just like anyone else. Timothy McVeigh was a veteran. Charles Whitman was a veteran. Lee Harvey Oswald was a veteran. Foghorn Leghorn was a veteran. No one is exempt from my proclamation! Steel yourself against pity! Act ruthlessly! This is my unshakeable belief!
I agree with you Pete:jawdrop:
 
I disagree! I don't understand why people hate on the homeless so much. I cannot imagine any worse life than one of a homeless person. Homeless people are mostly harmless, and vastly insane, however, like all other populations on EARTH, there's always an asshole here and there.
I was agreeing with Pete on Veterans also fuck up. I feel very bad for the homeless, I agree that most are harmless.
 
Homeless people are mostly harmless, and vastly insane
I wouldn't characterize them as "vastly insane". Many do have mental health or addiction issues (or both) but there are those that are just "down on their luck" and there are also some that choose that lifestyle (especially in the warmer climates).
 
I was agreeing with Pete on Veterans also fuck up. I feel very bad for the homeless, I agree that most are harmless.

Well yeah, like any group there are always "bad apples" however, I do think Veterans deserve some extra consideration because so many homeless are Veterans there has to be some correlation there.

I wouldn't characterize them as "vastly insane". Many do have mental health or addiction issues (or both) but there are those that are just "down on their luck" and there are also some that choose that lifestyle (especially in the warmer climates).

I want actual stats that support your claims. Off to google...
 
I want actual stats that support your claims. Off to google...
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From Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Homelessness Resource Center: "Current Statistics on the Prevalence and Characteristics of People Experiencing Homelessness in the United States"
http://homeless.samhsa.gov/Resource...-Homelessness-in-the-United-States-48841.aspx

That does not include the hidden homeless - those that do not ever avail themselves of shelters. They may live in abandoned buildings, cars, under bridges, in a box or anywhere they feel like.

From the National Coalition for the Homeless "Why Are People Homeless?"
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/why.html
 
Pittsburgh police remained visible Friday outside the East Liberty home of a man deemed a “person of interest” in the shooting deaths of two sisters next door.

Sources confirmed to Channel 4 Action News that investigators are looking into the man’s criminal record. Court documents showed charges of robbery, witness intimidation and fleeing police spanning from 2002 until August of last year.

VIDEO: Watch Marcie Cipriani's report

Investigators are also awaiting results from evidence taken from the man’s home at 703 Chislett St. after a search warrant was executed late Wednesday night, sources said. The man was interviewed for several hours Wednesday and into the early morning hours Thursday, but he was later released without charges being filed.
http://m.wtae.com/news/police-searc...iberty-double-homicide-investigation/24565884
 
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Allen Wade​
A man previously deemed a "person of interest" in the slayings of two sisters in East Liberty surrendered himself to Pittsburgh police on Wednesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Allen Wade, 43, arrived at police headquarters via a secure entrance, away from the view of reporters. A criminal docket shows that he is charged with two counts of homicide and one count each of robbery, burglary, carrying a firearm without a license, access device fraud and theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake, all of which are felony counts.

Wade was questioned nearly two weeks ago in the double homicide of Susan Wolfe, 44, and Sarah Wolfe, 38, but was not arrested then. At the time, he lived in an apartment next to the sisters' home on Chislett Street where both bodies were found.

"We do have a timeline based on the security system in the home, the residential security system, when the front door did open, at what certain time -- we have a timeline of that," Lt. Kevin Kraus said.

A motive for the deaths remains unclear, and police said they don't know of any relationship Wade may have had with the Wolfes, other than being a neighbor.

"We don't know why he entered the house, what his motive to enter the house was, whether it was robbery, whether it was possibly a sexual assault situation or anything else. At this point we’re still trying to determine that ourselves," Kraus said.

As Wade was escorted out of police headquarters in handcuffs, on his way to the Allegheny County Jail, he said that he was being framed for the killings. He did not say why he believed that.

Shortly before Wade's arrest, this message was posted Wednesday on his Facebook page: "I would like for the world to know I am 100 percent innocent I would never ever in any way Hurt a person so brutally it is not in my nature I have always respected women and will always continue to do so I am being framed to take the fall for this case and hopefully justice will prevail ! I appreciate all of you who pray for me and I love my family God bless I am going to turn myself in now since they act like they don't know where I am at !!"
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http://www.wtae.com/news/neighbor-w...g-east-liberty-sisters/24814878#ixzz2v8NvISMq

http://www.wtae.com/news/neighbor-w...g-east-liberty-sisters/24814878#ixzz2v8NvISMq
 
"I would like for the world to know I am 100 percent innocent I would never ever in any way Hurt a person so brutally it is not in my nature I have always respected women and will always continue to do so I am being framed to take the fall for this case and hopefully justice will prevail ! I appreciate all of you who pray for me and I love my family God bless I am going to turn myself in now since they act like they don't know where I am at !!"

Yeah buddy, you just keep telling folks that, you just wished that they believed that. My old grandma used to say wish in one hand and poop in the other and see which one fills up faster!
 
A jury in Pennsylvania convicted a man Monday in the slayings of two neighbors — sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker — and now must decide whether his punishment should be death or to spend the rest of his life in prison.

Allegheny County jurors found Allen Wade, 45, guilty on all charges brought against him, including criminal homicide, robbery and burglary.

Prosecutors say Wade fatally shot Susan Wolfe, 44, and Sarah Wolfe, 38, after they returned from work on Feb. 6, 2014. Then he stole a bank card belonging to one of the women and withdrew $600, prosecutors said.

During closing arguments Wednesday, Deputy District Attorney Bill Petulla used crime scene photos, DNA-stained clothes and bags containing pieces of evidence to form a trail across the courtroom floor, from the jury box to the defense table. “All roads lead right to Allen Wade,” he told jurors.

Prosecutors showed surveillance video of a man in a hooded sweatshirt stopping at the automated teller machine where the money was withdrawn. They said the man in the video was Wade. They also said Wade’s DNA was found under the fingernail of Susan Wolfe and the DNA of both Wade and Sarah Wolfe was on a sock found along the route they contend Wade took to the ATM.

Wade’s attorney argued that police rushed to judgment to charge their client because of the prominence of the victims’ sister, Democratic Iowa state Rep. Mary Wolfe. Public defender Lisa Middleman suggested police didn’t investigate thoroughly because the victims were white women from a good family rather than drug dealers or street criminals.

“Some of what was done and some of what wasn’t done is because these were very nice people,” Middleman said. “That’s not an objective investigation.”

Jurors deliberated for seven hours Friday and asked to examine some evidence in the case. Deliberations on Thursday were delayed after a juror was dismissed for unspecified reasons, and the judge admonished other jurors to consider only the evidence they heard in court.

During the penalty phase of the trial beginning Tuesday, the panel must decide whether Wade should be executed or serve life in prison without possibility parole.

Wade’s relatives said they hope jurors will choose to sentence him to life in prison, and they expressed sympathy for the family of the victims.
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Wade’s DNA was found under the fingernail of Susan Wolfe and the DNA of both Wade and Sarah Wolfe was on a sock found along the route they contend Wade took to the ATM.

Public defender Lisa Middleman suggested police didn’t investigate thoroughly because the victims were white women from a good family rather than drug dealers or street criminals.

Explain the DNA, buddy.
 
May 26, 2016

After 20 days of testimony and deliberations, the jurors who convicted Allen Wade of murdering his East Liberty neighbors, sisters Susan and Sarah Wolfe, could not agree on whether to sentence him to death.


The jury deliberated for five hours Wednesday and 3 1⁄2 hours Thursday before announcing they were deadlocked over whether to sentence Wade, 45, to the death penalty or to life without parole for the Feb. 6, 2014, slayings.


“I like it that Wade’s in prison,” said Kevin Wolfe, one of Susan and Sarah’s brothers, after the sentencing. “We don’t have the death penalty in Iowa, but he is in prison, and he is marked as a murderer of two women.”


As the law requires, Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Edward Borkowski imposed a sentence of life without parole. He gave Wade two consecutive life sentences, one for each victim, plus three consecutive terms of 10 to 20 years for two counts of robbery and one count of burglary.

As he was led from the courtroom, Wade told his parents in the gallery, Vivian “Bunny” Wade and Allen “Sonny” Wade, that he loved them. Afterward, his great-aunt, Jeanette Howard, apologized to the Wolfe family and said things were “in God’s hands.”
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