Mother-Daughter Duo Charged In Murder Of Five Family Members

A mother-daughter duo has confessed to the brutal murders of five family members, including three children. 

According to ABC, the incident occurred over the weekend after multiple visits and welfare checks performed by Bucks County Children and Youth Social Services Agency in PA. In the first visit to the Robert Morris Apartments on the 200 block of West Bridge Street, which occurred on Saturday, the social worker left a card when no one answered the door.

Two days later, reps returned to the apartment for an unannounced visit. But, when the door was, once again, left unanswered, the representative asked a maintenance man to open the door. Upon entry, the two women, Shana and Dominique Decree, were found in a bed. 

The apartment, according to an affidavit of probable cause, was ransacked and the women seemed “disoriented,” so police were called to the scene and the women were taken to a hospital. Upon further investigation, four bodies were found in a small bedroom, with a fifth later discovered underneath another. 

The women were then arrested and questioned. Dominique revealed that she lived in the home with her mother, Shana, her sister Naa’Irah, her brother Damon, her aunt Jamilla Campbell, and Campbell’s twin daughter. Although the two initially denied knowing what happened, they both claimed Campbell’s boyfriend came in with two other males and killed everyone except them. 

Shortly after the initial admission, Shana claimed that everyone in the apartment, including the 9-year-old twins wanted to die, and were talking about suicide. But, in the final hours of questioning, Dominique confessed to the killings, explaining that her mother killed one twin, then Damon and Naa’Irah, then Campbell killed the other twin, before Shana strangled Campbell to death. Although Shana confessed to the murders as well, she said Dominque helped her with one of the murders and that Campbell killed her daughter, Naa’Irah.

Despite the variations, Shanaa, 45, was arraigned on five counts of murder and conspiracy charges, and is being held without bail. Meanwhile, Dominique, 19, is expected to be arraigned on the same charges.