No Arrests Made in Slayings of Elderly Couple Found Dead During Welfare Check

A homicide investigation is underway after an elderly couple was found in their Pennsylvania home on Tuesday.

WCAU reported that state troopers performing a welfare check at a Delaware County home discovered the bodies of Rita and Richard Zajko, 69 and 72. Their deaths have been ruled homicides, but how exactly they died remains undisclosed.

Residents told WPVI that the Zajkos got along with everyone in the neighborhood.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call Pennsylvania State Police, Troop K, Media at 484-840-1000 or Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers at 1-800-4PA-TIPS (8477).

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[Featured image: Rita and Richard Zajko/Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers]