"Under a shroud of anxiety, police seek clues in triple killing" by Tom Ford and James Walsh, Star Tribune
Early Friday morning, three St. Paul residents were murdered in their home. Maria McLay, 32, her daughter, Brittany Kekadakis, 15, and Maria's boyfriend, known both as Otahl Saunders and Othal Webb, 31 were shot to death in their home on the 200 block of Burgess Street in St. Paul. Little is known about the motive, but Police Chief John Harrington said he would be surprised if it was not drug related. McLay's two younger children were in the house when the shooting occured, but were not harmed. They are being considered as witnesses.
The challenge in this story is being sensitive to the family. One of the victims killed was a minor and was named. The two younger children of McLay who are now the only witnesses to the shooting remained unnamed.
Mara H. Gottfried reported for the Pioneer Press on the murders where a more detailed account was given. The two younger children involved were identified as a 7-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl. The address was given as 292 Burgess St. and a close friend of McLay's believes that they were targeted because they lived in the nicest house on the block, built two years ago. Also the boyfriend was idetified as Otahl "Telly" Osei Saunders and has a criminal record dating back to 1997.