4 found dead in Chester apartment; cause of deaths unknown

Philadelphia Daily News, March, 2008 by STEPHANIE FARR farrs@phillynews.com 215-854-4225

Rose Fox says she hopes her neighbors didn't scream.

She lives just three doors down from the apartment building in Chester where three young adults and a toddler were found dead Saturday night with no visible signs of trauma.

"I don't know if they went when they were in their sleep or if they were screaming for help," she said. "That's the worst part. That's what makes me feel so bad.

"God, I hope they went in their sleep. I just hope they weren't screaming for our help."

When Fox saw a swarm of cop cars converge on the apartment building on Keystone Road near Ninth Street, she thought it was a drug-related incident.

She thought it was "just another day on the streets" of Chester.

But according to police and fire officials, it was anything ...