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Mekenda Saunders, 75, was found shot to death inside her Wyncote, Pennsylvania home on July 25, 2020, alongside her 41-year-old daughter, Latiya Clea. Both victims were shot by Latiya’s husband, Frederick Clea, who later admitted the killings and told investigators the shooting happened during an argument over a misplaced magazine for his handgun. An autopsy showed Latiya suffered five gunshot wounds and Mekenda was shot once in the chest.

Cheltenham police had responded to the home on two prior occasions, in December 2017 and December 2019. The couple’s two children, ages 5 and 10, were unharmed. Montgomery County authorities charged Frederick Clea with two counts of first-degree murder; he was remanded to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility and later received two consecutive life sentences without parole.

Does anyone have information about the family’s history or the prior police calls that could shed more light on what led to this shooting?