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James A. Zelanko, 68, was found in his Broadtop Township home in Six Mile Run, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. He had been shot five times in the chest while he slept.

Investigators later arrested his daughter, Christy Zelanko, after learning she had spoken with her mother that day about alleged physical and mental abuse the mother said she had suffered from James. Court filings say that conversation appears to have precipitated the killing. During proceedings, Christy Zelanko said she had no memory of the shooting and described it as a horrid nightmare; the judge noted any alleged abuse occurred years earlier and called the case baffling. In August 2017 Christy Zelanko pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and received an 18 to 40 year sentence.

Did anyone in the Six Mile Run area know the family or notice anything unusual around June 17, 2015?