IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — The hunt is on for whomever killed an Irondequoit family, then set fire to their home.

The bodies of Fraime Ubaldo, 30; Marangely Moreno-Santiago, 26; and their children Evangeline Ubaldo-Moreno, 4, and Sebastian Ubaldo-Moreno, 2, were found in the basement of a Knapp Avenue home early Saturday morning.

Chief Scott Peters said the family was targeted.

“This was a horrific scene,” he said. “In almost 32 years of doing this job, I’ve never seen anything like it.”

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Police and fire responded to the home around 5:30 a.m. after someone called 911 and reported a fire. During a search of the house, they found the victims, who have lived there for about two to three years.

“Due to the condition of the bodies, it was readily apparent that this was going to be a homicide investigation,” Peters said.

He declined to disclose how they were killed. Peters said this was not a random act, and that investigators will be keeping information “close to the vest” as they work to solve this crime.

Peters was visibly emotional talking about the scene and the deaths of the children.

It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen. I’ll remember it for life. Simple as that.

Scott Peters, Irondequoit Police chief

Irondequoit Police and fire crews spent two days collecting evidence, searching for answers as to who killed the family.

Scott Peters, Irondequoit Police chief: “We wanted to make sure we went floor to floor and didn’t miss any piece of information that needed to be collected to ultimately bring these monsters to justice.”

Berkeley Brean, News10NBC chief investigative reporter: “Chief, any idea who these monsters are?”

Chief Peters: “At this point, no. But obviously we have a lot of leads we’re working.”

The Irondequoit Town Supervisor is adament about bringing justice to the family.

“We’re a great community. We’re a safe community. And these miscreants… I’ve given my authority to the police to use every legal method possible to hunt them down, and give this family justice,” says Town Supervisor Andrae Evans.

News10NBC’s Berkeley Brean spoke with family members of the four victims, who asked us not to show photos of them. The children’s godmother spoke to Berkeley at the home on Monday off camera.

“I’m coming to reality right now,” she shared. “But it’s still a shock. Like, I lost my bestfriend. I lost my godkids.”

Amid the police investigation, investigators from the Monroe County Fire Bureau arson and New York State are trying to determine the cause of the fire. The fire chief is still working to learn where and how the fire started.

Peer counseling services have been made available to first responders to help them cope.

The police chief encouraged anyone with information to call police at (585) 336-6000 or Crime Stoppers at (585) 423-9300.

“When you murder innocent children, there’s no excuse for that,” Peters said.