Police say Lynn Seethaler and Janice Pietropola were found dead at an oceanfront motel cottage in Virginia Beach in June 1973.

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WOMEN IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA. >> I SPOKE WITH THE BROTHER WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT IT HAD -- THIS HAS BEEN FOR HIS FAMILY. POLICE IN VIRGINIA BEACH ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY THAT LED THEM TO CHARGE ONE MAN FOR THE MURDERS OF THESE WOMEN. FROM OUR AREA. IT WAS HER YOUNGER BROTHER MIKE THAT I SPOKE WITH. HE SAID HIS FAMILY IS INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL. IT ALSO BRINGS UP DIFFICULT MEMORIES OF HIS SISTER’S MURDER. JANICE WAS JUST 19 YEARS OLD WHEN THEY LEFT IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA TO VACATION IN VIRGINIA BEACH. THEY WERE STRANGLED AND SHOT. THAT WAS 1973. TODAY, 45 YEARS LATER, POLICE WILL ONLY SAY THAT TECHNOLOGY CONNECTED EARNEST TO THE KILLINGS. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HIS 30’S AT THE TIME OF THE MURDERS. THE FAMILY THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS SISTER AND HER FRIEND. HE WAS JUST 11 WHEN THEY WERE KILLED. >> THAT THEY IS ETCHED IN MY MIND. IT WILL BE TO THE DAY I DID -- I DIE. FOR HOW YOUNG I WAS, AN EVENT LIKE THAT, WHAT IT HAD DONE TO MY SISTERS AND MY PARENTS, -- THEY PASSED AWAY MANY YEARS AGO. IT IS TOO BAD THEY CANNOT BE ALIVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED QUITE HE DOES NOT KNOW THE DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED THAT JUNE DAY 45 YEARS AGO. POLICE SAID THEY WILL NOT RELEASE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE IT GETS OUT IN COURT.

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A suspect in the deaths of two 19-year-old women from Pittsburgh who were vacationing at a Virginia Beach cottage in the early 1970s has been extradited to face charges.Tap the video player above to watch the report.Virginia Beach prosecutors said that Ernest Broadnax, 80, of St. Albans in Queens, New York, was scheduled to make his first court appearance Thursday afternoon.Police said Broadnax was arrested earlier this month, after advancements in technology connected him to the murders of Lynn Seethaler and Janice Pietropola, both 19.The young woman were found slain inside an oceanfront motel cottage on the morning of June 30, 1973, according to Virginia Beach police. Mike Pietropola was 11 when his sister and her friend left to vacation in Virginia Beach, and never returned. "I remember her fondly. She was a beautiful person. She was so gentle, so kind. Well liked in school. She had great aspirations for herself. She was gonna start college in the Sall. She was just a terrific person," said Pietropola. "That day is etched in my mind and will be until the day I die so for how young I was, an event like that leaves a permanent impression on myself and my sisters and my parents and they passed away many years ago and one of my biggest regrets is that couldn't be alive to see what's transpired over the last 36 hours."Both women were on vacation from the Pittsburgh area, police said. Their deaths were ruled homicide by the Virginia State Medical Examiner's Office.Last fall, members of the Virginia Beach cold case unit began investigating "a strong lead" and were eventually able to identify Broadnax as a suspect, police said.A criminal complaint with additional details about the case was not immediately available.Stay updated with breaking news: Download the WTAE mobile app