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Police link five missing women to Philadelphia home under investigation
Investigators have identified 58 people in recovered images. Five urns are suspected to contain human remains, but none had been confirmed at the house Wednesday.
The short version
- Philadelphia police are investigating an Olney neighborhood home they have linked to at least five missing women.[CBS News]
- Police said more than one million digital images were recovered. Investigators have identified 58 people pictured, including 25 found alive with interviews scheduled.[CBS News · ABC News]
- Police believe five recovered urns contain human remains, but no human remains—including those of possible crime victims—had been confirmed at the house Wednesday.[CBS News]
Key facts
- Police have linked at least five missing women to a home in Philadelphia's Olney neighborhood.[CBS News]
- Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said Wednesday that searches recovered more than one million digital images.[CBS News]
- Investigators identified 58 people in the images; 25 were found alive with interviews scheduled, while another 16 were found alive but were not cooperating with police.[CBS News]
- Police recovered five urns they believe contain human remains.[CBS News]
What remains uncertain
- Despite police suspicions about the urns, no human remains had been confirmed at the house as of Wednesday, including those of any possible crime victims.[CBS News]
Sources
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