TROY – Police Chief James Tedesco called it an act of "savagery": two adult women and two children found murdered in their Second Avenue basement apartment the day after Christmas. On Wednesday, it was a crime shrouded in secrecy. 
 
 Tedesco assured the public that while officials aren’t releasing details on any suspects, the two women, ages 36 and 22, and two children, a 11-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl, appear to have been targeted. Officials want people to come forward if they have information. 
 
 “There are indications at the crime scene that this was not a random act,” Tedesco said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon. “We are certainly appealing to people in the community that would have any knowledge as to what may have transpired there to contact us as soon as possible.” 
 
 The chief did not release the names of the victims, as additional family members are still being contacted, nor did he comment on whether any weapons were found or if there had been a forced entry. He said there were no persons of interest in the case yet. 
 
 The women were in a relationship and one was the mother of the two children, he said. 
 
 The victims were found dead inside a basement apartment at 158 Second Ave., at about 12:50 p.m. Tuesday, but police have not disclosed how the victims were killed or when they were attacked. Numerous law enforcement sources not involved in the investigation said all four of the victims were bound, with their throats cut. 
 
 Autopsies conducted Wednesday afternoon were expected to provide clarity on a timeline of the attacks, officials said. 
 
 Police said the building's property manager entered the apartment Tuesday afternoon after the victims' relatives told him the family was not answering phone calls and could not be reached. When the property manager discovered their bodies inside, he called the police. 
 
 Tedesco called the crime "the worst we've experienced." 
 
 "Only a person of savagery would do something like this," he said. “Nobody that’s been involved in this case is going to forget this.” 
 
 Second Avenue remained closed between 102nd and 103rd streets Wednesday as law enforcement continued processing the scene. State Police and parole officials are assisting in the investigation. 
 
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 While officials don’t believe the quadruple homicide presents an imminent danger to area residents, police and local religious leaders urged people to remain vigilant. 
 
 “Until they catch whoever did this, there are certainly reasons to be fearful,” said Pastor Jackie Robinson Sr., of Oak Grove Baptist Church on Seventh Avenue in Troy. “We don’t know who did it. Until we find out, it certainly makes sense to be vigilant and keep your doors locked.” 
 
 The deaths happened in the city's Lansingburgh neighborhood, which runs along the Hudson River overlooking the housing developments that have risen in Cohoes. 
 
 Robinson said an older son was not home when the killings occurred, but wouldn’t reveal his name. Police said they don’t believe there were any other people living in the apartment other than the victims. 
 
 The recent homicide harkens to the 2014 quadruple homicide in Guilderland in which Jin Chen, 39, his wife, Hai Yan Li, 38, and their sons, Anthony, 10, and Eddy, 7, were killed with a knife and hammer in their Western Avenue home. Their murders remain unsolved. 
 
 Tedesco said he remains confident that the department will apprehend the suspect, or suspects, in the Troy homicide. 
 
 “I know there is not a resource that we won’t tap in the city, or wherever we need to get it,” he said. “This will be a full-court press, if you will, until we bring someone to justice.” 
 
 Albany's Victory Christian Church announced it would offer a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators. 
 
 Capital Region Crime Stoppers is offering an additional reward of up to $1,500 cash. Submit anonymous tips by visiting capitalregioncrimestoppers.com or downloading the free P3 Tips app to your phone. 
 
 Robinson said he and other clergy of the Lansingburgh church have been speaking with family and friends of the victims as well as members of the public. They recently spoke with children at the Troy Boys and Girls Club because many knew the victims, and provided counseling to those impacted, he said. 
 
 “Kids are traumatized," he said. "A few had nightmares since this happened. A lot of grown folk are traumatized because this monster is still out there.” 
 
 Troy Police Chief John Tedesco gives brief update on four bodies found in 2nd Avenue basement. Posted by Albany Times Union on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 
 
 Robinson said while it’s frustrating that there’s no clear motivation for the killings at this point, the public must support the police in their investigation. 
 
 Addressing the killer or killers, Robinson offered a simple message: “Come forward.” 
 
 “We’ll try as hard as we can to understand, even though there is no justification for it,” he said. “Give yourself up. How can you live with yourself doing something like this?” ||||| Troy police investigate multiple deaths at 158 Second Ave. on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, in Troy, N.Y. Police say four people have been found dead and may have been killed in an apartment in New York's capital... (Associated Press) 
 
 Troy police investigate multiple deaths at 158 Second Ave. on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, in Troy, N.Y. Police say four people have been found dead and may have been killed in an apartment in New York's capital region. The bodies were discovered Tuesday afternoon in a basement apartment in a house in Troy,... (Associated Press) 
 
 TROY, N.Y. (AP) — Police worked Wednesday to try and unravel the mystery of who killed a woman, her partner and her two young children, whose bodies were found in a riverfront apartment house the day after Christmas. 
 
 "After being in this business for 43 years, I can't describe the savagery of a person who would do this," said Troy Police Chief John Tedesco. 
 
 Investigators revealed little about the deaths, declining to identify the victims or say how they were killed. But the chief said the slain children were an 11-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl. The mother was 36 years old and in a relationship with a 22-year-old woman whose body was also found in the basement apartment, the chief said. 
 
 Tedesco declared during a news conference that the killings were "not a random act," but wouldn't say why he believed that was the case. 
 
 A property manager found the bodies Tuesday after being asked to check on the welfare of the residents of the apartment, one of five in a house located in the city's Lansingburgh section along the Hudson River just north of Albany, police said. 
 
 "I don't think there's any doubt that a person who committed this crime is capable of anything," Tedesco said, adding that police don't believe there was an imminent danger to the public. 
 
 The victims' names were being withheld pending notification of relatives, he said. 
 
 Police didn't know when the slayings occurred, but Tedesco said he hoped autopsies being conducted Wednesday would provide clues. State police were involved in the investigation along with New York parole officials, Tedesco said. 
 
 "This will be a full-court press, if you will, until we bring someone to justice," he said, adding that police were seeking any information the public may have about the crime. 
 
 Investigators remained at the scene Wednesday. Police cars blocked vehicles from approaching the home, which is set amid older, restored houses. Yellow crime tape was stretched across the street, running along the river's east bank. Few people ventured out on the snow-covered sidewalks in temperatures in the teens. 
 
 "This heinous atrocity is unimaginable, incomprehensible. I believe it affects the whole community," said the Rev. Jackie Robinson, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Troy, who did not know the family. "Kids are traumatized. A lot of adults are traumatized too, because this monster is still out there."
– Police aren't divulging much about a horrific quadruple homicide near Albany, New York, other than the victims appear to have been deliberately targeted. "This is not a random act," said Troy Police Chief James Tedesco, reports the Albany Times Union. Authorities have not identified the victims beyond their ages and genders: two women, ages 22 and 36; a 5-year-old girl; and an 11-year-old boy. The children's mother was one of the adult victims, and all were found Tuesday in a basement apartment in Troy. The children and their mother had lived there with her unidentified partner. Authorities have not said how or when the victims were killed, but they have emphasized the brutality of the slayings. "After being in this business for 43 years, I can't describe the savagery of a person who would do this," said Tedesco, per the AP. He called the crime "the worst we've experienced." City Councilman Mark McGrath said "the brutal, horrific nature of the crime suggests that this is someone who is psychopathic at the very least." Autopsies were being performed on the victims Wednesday. A neighbor says she fears that her friend who lives in the basement apartment is among the victims. "If it is her, I don't know who could have done it."