Jury Selection Begins For Trial Of East Liberty Double Murder Suspect

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Jury selection begins Monday morning in the trial of Allen Wade.

He's accused of killing two sister in their East Liberty home back in February.

Sarah and Susan Wolfe were found dead in their home on Chislett Street on Feb. 7. They'd been shot in the head.

This is also going to be a death penalty case, which may be a problem for some jurors.

It was an unsolved murder mystery for weeks.

Wade was arrested after DNA evidence was found at the scene.

Included in that evidence is a DNA report that says there's a more than six-trillion likelihood that Wade's DNA was found under Susan Wolfe's thumbnail, as well as a more than quintillion likelihood that other DNA is Wade's.

Wade claims he had nothing to do with it.

But prosecutors played a series of surveillance tapes that captured someone in a red hoodie, gray sweatpants and white tennis shoes walking around East Liberty shortly after the murders.

The suspect is seen using Susan Wolfe's ATM card, figuring out the pin and withdrawing $600. But a mask covers the face.

However, Wade's defense attorney says you can't properly identify gender or race in the video and it's not enough to prove Wade's identity.

Later, someone resembling Wade buys a pack of cigarettes at a gas station, but there's no red hoodie or gray sweatpants.

Police say Wade ditched the clothes and they recovered the sweatpants with Wade's DNA on it.

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