6 Bodies Found at Washington Property

[Illiy]

6 Bodies Found at Washington Property

By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE,
AP
Posted: 2007-12-26 20:20:44
Filed Under: Crime News, Nation News
CARNATION, Wash. (Dec. 26) - A man and a woman have been arrested in the deaths of six people, likely family members and including two young children, at a rural property east of Seattle, authorities said Wednesday.

The two, a 29-year-old woman and a man in his early 30s, were being held for investigation of homicide, King County sheriff's Sgt. John Urquhart said.


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Elaine Thompson, AP
Washington police arrested a man and a woman Wednesday after six bodies, including those of two children, were discovered on a rural property east of Seattle. Investigators said the victims knew the suspects.
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He said it was unclear whether the two are related, but they were known to the victims. The pair came to the crime scene after investigators arrived there this morning, were questioned by investigators, then arrested around 4 p.m.

Urquhart said investigators had not determined a motive in the slayings.

The victims included a boy about age 3, a girl about age 6, a man and woman in their 30s, and a man and woman in their 50s. Their names were not released, but they were "most likely three generations" of one family, Urquhart said.

Autopsies have not been performed on the bodies, but the cause of death was most likely gunshots, Urquhart said. They were most likely killed late afternoon or early evening on Christmas Eve, he said.

Earlier, sheriff's Detective Bob Conner said earlier that authorities were searching the area for other possible victims, but insisted there was no danger to anyone else living nearby.

Asked to explain, he said, "You have to take my word for it."

Urquhart said the bodies were found by a co-worker of one of the victims who had come to the house because one of the victims, who works for the Postal Service, did not report to work.

The bodies were found on a rural property that includes a house and a mobile home at the end of a long dirt road. The structures are part of a cluster of other rural properties near this town about 21 miles east of Seattle.

Urquhart declined to say where the victims were found on the property, other than to say they were "not found in the same room."

As investigators searched the property, they removed a black pickup truck.

[deputy29]

The suspects are the daughter and her boyfriend of the property owners. Seems when questioned seperately they confessed to the crime. Sad case, the children were only 3 and 6.

[Probation13-901]

Some people are just Fucked up!! Sad