Troy Police: 4 Bodies Found In Basement Of Apartment Home

TROY, NY — Four bodies — including two children — were found in the basement of an apartment in Troy and local police said they're investigating the deaths as homicides. A property manager found the bodies a day after Christmas in the city's Lansingburgh section, officials said.

Investigators were still working the scene on Wednesday morning. Officials haven't said how the people died, the victims were identified as a 36-year-old woman, her 5-year-old daughter, her 11-year-old son and a 22-year-old woman who had a relationship with the mother, Troy police Chief John Tedesco said.

Tedesco on Wednesday said the slayings weren't a random act. He called the killings the worst he has seen in 42 years in law enforcement but hasn't provided details.

The deaths are "certainly suspicious," said Troy Police Capt. Daniel DeWolf has said.

The apartment where the bodies were found is one of five in a home located in a residential neighborhood along the Hudson River's east bank, just north of Albany.

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