Police in upstate New York Thursday identified the family of four found murdered inside their apartment the day after Christmas. Troy police identified the victims as Shanta Myers, 36; her children, Jeremiah Myers, 11 and Shanise Myers, 5; and Brandi Mells, 22. The bodies of the two women and two children were found dead in a basement apartment by the building's property manager in Troy. The New York Times reported the property manager received a phone call from the victim's relatives asking him to do a welfare check on the tenants. Mark McGrath, a city council member, called the murders “horrific.”“For someone to do this to two children is horrific.

Source: Fox News December 28, 2017 09:39 UTC