Authorities have made an arrest in the case of a father and daughter who were found dead with their throats slit inside a Brooklyn home over the weekend, police said Monday.
The 91-year-old man and 66-year-old woman were discovered on the kitchen floor of the two-story family home in Cypress Hills on Sunday afternoon, according to police. The family had lived in the home for more than 30 years.
A 911 call tipped police off to the bloody scene on Warwick Street.
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WATCH HEREInvestigators identified the victims as Roosevelt Simmons, known in the community as Bubba, and Jacqueline Delyons. Friends of the family said Delyons was a very religious person and that in recent years she had been sharing one of the floors inside the home with a man.
The person arrested in the case, 46-year-old Kerry Lewis, lives at the same address as the victims, authorities said.
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SIGN UP He is charged with first-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. Attorney information for Lewis wasn't immediately clear. Authorities didn't elaborate on a possible motive for the killings.
