A man has been charged with three murders believed to have been committed within a 24-hour period - the killing of the defendant's wife and the deaths of a couple found slain in their northeast Philadelphia apartment, police said.
Philadelphia police are investigating a double homicide in the city's Bustleton section on Friday. The incident was discovered just before 3 p.m. on the 9400 block of E. Roosevelt Blvd.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) Philadelphia police are investigating a double homicide in the city s Bustleton section on Friday.
The incident was discovered just before 3 p.m. at the Michner Court Apartments on the 9400 block of E. Roosevelt Boulevard.
Police said a man in his 50s and his girlfriend, a woman in her 40s, were both shot once in the head.
Neighbors later identified the man as 59-year-old Mark Ruff, a U.S. Army veteran.
The woman was also later identified as 43-year-old Nicole Newell.
Police said they may have been in the apartment for days. No weapon was discovered at the scene.