In a chilling discovery late last night in Philadelphia's historic Fairmount Park, the bodies of a man and woman were found shot "execution style" in a remote gully, as reported by FOX29. The Philadelphia Police Department responded to the grisly scene in the 3800 block of Mount Pleasant Drive shortly before 11 p.m., where a 38-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man lay deceased from fatal gunshot wounds.
Chief Inspector Scott Small conveyed the heartless nature of the crime with the woman having suffered shots to the head and chest and the man to the head; nearby, three spent shell casings hinted at the proximity of the assailant or assailants during the act, and while the woman was identified as a Philadelphia resident the man's last known address remained uncertain according to CBS News. Family members of the deceased have yet to be notified, hence authorities are withholding their identities at this time.
Amidst the darkness and questions that shroud this brutal double homicide, detectives and the crime scene unit worked into the night, meticulously gathering evidence while the Philadelphia Police harbor hopes that the nearby Mount Pleasant Mansion's surveillance cameras captured footage leading to the identification of those responsible, as 6ABC reported. The historic mansion stands just half a block from where the bodies were found, potentially providing a silent witness to the atrocity.
