NEARBY: Police Chief Says No Evidence Of Cult Involvement In Killing Of Five

The investigation into the murders of five family members in Morrisville Borough continued Wednesday, but sources said there was no apparent evidence at this point that shows the killings were related to a cult.

Reports from the New York Post and 6abc, along with rumors on the streets of Lower Bucks County, have led to whispers of a cult or the influence of one as playing a role the deaths of Naa’Irah Smith, 25, of Morrisville; Damon Decree Jr., 13, of Morrisville; Jamilla Campbell, 42, of Trenton; and Campbell’s twin daughters, Erika and Imani Allen, both 9.

Latasha Harris told the New York City tabloid that alleged killers Shana Selena Decree, 45, and her daughter Dominique Klaran Decree, 19, both of Morrisville, had exercised bizarre behavior recently and Shana Decree may have “brainwashed” the whole family.

“[A relative] went there, more concerned for the kids, and they were basically like, ‘Get out of here, you’re a demon. You’re not wanted here, you’re going to die,’” said Harris, whose daughter is half-sister to the twins who were killed. “They said something about [how] the world is supposed to be coming to an end in February of 2019.”

Damon Decree Sr., the ex-husband of Shana Decree and father of Damon Decree Jr., told 6abc via phone from North Carolina that the family became part of a cult through the internet.

While sources did indicate to this news organization that the family may have been religious, there had not been evidence their beliefs were related to the killings.

Morrisville Chief of Police George McClay said Wednesday that there was no evidence a cult was involved.

Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub declined to comment on the rumors during a Tuesday press conference. James O’Malley, the spokesperson for prosecutors, said on Wednesday that the office was not going to comment on the claim.

Walidah Campbell, the sister to Shana Decree and Jamilla Campbell, told Philly.com that her family in Morrisville had become distant recently and had mentioned to another relative that they did not want to leave the apartment because of “demons.”

Shana and Dominique Decree were both being held without bail at the Bucks County Correctional Facility on homicide and conspiracy charges.

Autopsy results for the five deceased family members have not yet been released.

In court papers filed Tuesday, police said the ground-floor, three-bedroom unit at the Robert Morris Apartments on West Bridge Street was in disarray when they arrived. Authorities found all five bodies in a bedroom and a dazed Shana and Dominique Decree, who were treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Jefferson Bucks Hospital in Falls Township.

Dominique Decree suffered wounds to her neck, but authorities did not release how they happened.

The two defendants initially told detectives varying stories of what led up to the bodies being found, police said.

Shana Decree then allegedly explained that those in the apartment, including the children, were talking about suicide and wanted to die, adding she took part in the killings with her daughter and sister Jamilla Campbell, who ended up being choked to death by Dominique Decree.

Dominique Decree said to investigators that she knew her mother and Campbell choked several of the victims before she killed her aunt, police said.

The grisey scene was discovered when a Bucks County Children and Youth caseworker was checking on the apartment at 4 p.m. Monday. When no one answered, a maintenance worker for the apartment complex unlocked the door to the apartment. After finding Shana and Dominique Decree, emergency personnel were summoned to the scene. Arriving officers called for medics and the investigation began.

Inside, authorities found broken glass and overturned furniture, police said.

Detectives spent two days in the apartment and cleared out late Tuesday.