Commonwealth v. Eperjesi

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

On July 17, 1965, two small boys, Carl J. Marucci, 7, and Florian Eperjesi, 10, were found dead in a refrigerator in the basement below the two-floor apartment occupied by two women, Mary and Wilma Eperjesi, in the village of Republic, Redstone Township, Fayette County. Florian was the grandson of Mary and the nephew of Wilma. Carl Marucci was Florian’s playmate.

The following day Wilma Eperjesi, 38 years of age, was taken into custody by the police as a material *458witness. She was given a lie-detector test which produced answers which absolved her from any…