A Pennsylvania woman accused of killing 5 people withdrew her son from school a few weeks before his death

She called the school district two weeks ago, saying her son would not be coming back to class because she was planning to send her home, Harris told CNN affiliate KYW. She had to give the principal a home study program, but she never did, he added.

"From my niece, they apparently dissected a kind of cult that they materialized online," he told WTVD, a subsidiary of CNN. "I do not know how, what kind of worship, and they were talking about demons all around them."

Victims and suspects lived in the same apartment

Shana S. Decree, 45, and her daughter, 19-year-old Dominique K. Decree, are accused of killing their loved ones in their apartment in Morrisville, north of Philadelphia.

The victims were the other two children of Shana Decree, Naa 'lrah Smith, 25, and Damon, 13; her sister Jamilla Campbell, 42, and her twin 9-year-old twin, Imani and Erika Allen, have announced the authorities.

The seven lived together in the same apartment.

The mother and daughter have been charged with five counts of homicide and a conspiracy charge, the Bucks County Attorney's Office said.

A surprise visit reveals a horrible scene

A social worker was on a surprise visit Monday when the family was found, according to an affidavit. As no one opened the door, the social worker asked the building maintenance team to check the apartment.

Less than 20 minutes later, a housekeeper called 911. The apartment was a mess and the five bodies were found in a bedroom, the affidavit says. Shana and Dominique Decree were found "disoriented" and taken to a hospital, the document says.

According to the affidavit, a social worker from the Bucks County Children's and Children's Social Services Agency had already been to the family's apartment at least once.

"We called and checked everything we had to do," the Sr. decree told WTVD. "Whenever they went there, at least from my point of view, they said the kids were safe and we could not do anything."

Mother and daughter admit to being killed

At first, Shana and Dominique Decree told the investigators that three men had committed the killings, according to the affidavit.

But their story changed and later, the two women declared that they had, along with Shana's sister, Campbell, killed members of their family. "Shana said everyone, including the children, was talking about suicide," says the affidavit.

In separate interviews with the police, the women claimed to have strangled others to death, according to the affidavit. Dominique Decree's neck had visible injuries, police said.

The causes and the mode of death of the victims will not be known until several weeks, the coroner waits the toxicological results, announced the authorities.

The decree Sr. is now mourning the loss of his son, apparently in the hands of his wife and daughter.

"I do not want them in an insane asylum," he told WTVD. "I want to see them in jail for the rest of their lives."

Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Matthew Weintraub, Bucks County Attorney, said that Shana and Dominic's decree would be "sentenced to pay for their crimes".

"We will do our best to ensure justice for these girls and the other three victims," ​​he said.

It was not clear right away if the decrees had been named lawyers.