CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago police arrested two suspects – a man and a woman – Thursday in the brutal slayings of six family members whose bodies were found in a house in February, according to a police spokesman.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the man has a family connection with the victims, and that authorities are planning to charge both with first-degree murder.
“The arrests were made without incident in Chicago after several search warrants were executed,” Guglielmi said.
Authorities found the bodies of four adults and two children, ages 10 and 13, Feb. 4. Five of the victims were stabbed to death; the sixth died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was expected to outline the development in the case at a news conference Thursday evening. He declined to answer questions at an unrelated news conference earlier in the day.