A mother and daughter were discovered stabbed to death in a Pennsylvania home, authorities say.

A mother and daughter were discovered stabbed to death in a Pennsylvania home, authorities say.

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A 911 call led to the discovery of a mother and daughter stabbed to death in a Pennsylvania home, according to police and news reports.

Officers in Philadelphia made the discovery when they responded to the home Tuesday, May 21, for a report of a “person with a gun,” according to a police report.

Police said Angela Trejo, 75, and Alma Barberena, 58, were found dead in the basement of the home. They had both been stabbed multiple times, police said.

Trejo and Barberena were mother and daughter, according to WCAU and WPVI.

“They were excellent neighbors, and it’s hard to believe,” Jack Burkhardt told WPVI.

Police have not released a motive for the stabbings. Investigators were interviewing two people Tuesday and said the stabbings may have been caused “from a domestic dispute,” according to KYW.

By Wednesday, police said a man had been taken into custody. Charges have not been announced.

“You would think that this is a very safe environment so for two women to be dead, that breaks my heart honestly speaking,” Marylee Rodriguez, a neighbor, told WCAU.

Mike Stunson covers real-time news for McClatchy. He is a 2011 Western Kentucky University graduate who has previously worked at the Paducah Sun and Madisonville Messenger as a sports reporter and the Lexington Herald-Leader as a breaking news reporter.
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