Susan Suzy Jeanette Wolfe, 44, and her sister Sarah Wolfe, 38, were found shot in the head in the basement of their East Liberty, Pittsburgh home on February 6, 2014. The sisters had moved to Pittsburgh in October 2013; Susan taught at Hillel Academy in Squirrel Hill and had previously worked in Chicago Public Schools and in Special Education.

Investigators arrested the sisters’ next-door neighbor, Allen Wade, a convicted felon with a history of violent crime. At trial in May 2016, forensic evidence including DNA analysis with TrueAllele linked Wade to the scene; fingernail material from Susan’s right hand and a Hanes sock found on Whitfield Street were presented as connections. On May 24, 2016, Wade was convicted of first-degree murder and related charges and was sentenced to life without parole on May 26, 2016.

Susan was born December 30, 1969, in Des Moines, Iowa, the sixth of eight children, and was remembered for her commitment to family, children, and social causes. The Wolfe family has established the Sarah and Susan Wolfe Memorial Fund in their memory.

If anyone knew Susan or Sarah or has information about their lives in East Liberty, please share what you remember.