SAN ANTONIO — Eighty-two-year-old identical twin sisters were found dead in their San Antonio home after the city sweltered through days of 100-degree heat. The bodies of Florence and Emma Jernigan were found Thursday in the home where they had lived all their lives. Police say the single window air conditioner in the home was off. Authorities said no one had heard from the women for several days. A neighbor called police after noticing a foul odor. The cause of death was pending but was believed to be heat-related. The city set or tied heat records four times in the last week of June, topping out at 104 degrees on June 29. Neighbors say the women never married and lived frugally on a fixed income. They said the two would ignore friends’ pleas to turn on the air conditioner or a fan.
Pennsylvania: Ruling on murder conviction stands
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia will not reconsider its ruling that overturned a murder conviction. In a decision announced Thursday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it would deny the request made by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office in New Jersey. The appellate court decided May 28 to overturn Paul Kamienski’s 1988 convictions and double life sentence in the murders of a Florida couple in 1983 in what prosecutors called a drug deal gone bad. The court wrote the evidence presented at trial was not sufficient to warrant the verdict of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt..
Michigan: Detroit’s mayor may fire chief of police
The mayor of Detroit is firing the city’s police chief, a person familiar with the situation said Friday. The person told the Associated Press that Mayor Dave Bing has told Police Chief James Barren that the chief is being relieved of his duties. The person talked with Barren on Friday, a day after a man arrested in the shooting of seven teenagers at a Detroit bus stop was released due to lack of evidence.
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