Crime Scene Experts Combing San Francisco Home Where 5 Bodies Were Found
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— Yellow police tape remains at a home in what is considered a quiet residential San Francisco neighborhood. More than 24 hours after the grim discovery of five bodies found inside the residence on Friday, the crime scene is still active.
Crime scene technicians and homicide investigators continued to comb the inside of the home at 16 Howth Street, across from City College, in the Ingleside District looking for any and every useful clue in the deaths of the victims.
Police said the carnage inside the home was so severe, that they were unable to determine if the victims were shot, stabbed or killed in some other way.
KCBS' Mark Seelig Reports:
Police originally believed this was a possible murder-suicide situation, but have backtracked a bit and are now saying the home was specifically targeted and that there is no mass murderer on the loose.
"There is absolutely no threat to public safety," said Cmdr. Lyn Tomioka.
She admitted it was unusual to have this many victims in one spot and that she didn't know the last time she'd seen that many dead bodies in a house inside San Francisco.
"It's obviously very concerning for the city, the mayor and the chief of police," she said.
Tomioka addressed reports that the murder weapon had not been found by saying investigators were reluctant to share those details as of yet.
The home reportedly belongs to a woman, Yingxue Jess Lei. Her co-worker stopped by and said that Lei was one of the victims and that she lived in the home with a brother and two parents.
The official identity of the victims and a solid motive for the crimes has yet to be released.
Howth Street between Ocean and Geneva avenues had been closed for much of Friday while police continued their investigation. Saturday, the house where the crime took place and two adjacent houses remained cordoned off by police tape.
Several bouquets of flowers lay on the sidewalk, one with a note reading, "R.I.P. Seff, you'll be missed."
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