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GentleBreeze
01-18-2010, 03:45 PM
http://www.khou.com/news/local/Austin-County-Sheriffs-investigate-multiple-slayings-81935142.html


BELLVILLE, Texas – A Bellville man was being questioned Monday in the shooting deaths of five family members.

The bodies were discovered around 2 p.m. Sunday in the 8400 block of FM 1456.

Sgt. Paul Faircloth of the Austin County Sheriff’s Office said four of the victims have been identified.

The bodies of 69-year-old George T. Washington, 54-year-old Debra Washington, 25-year-old Kiana Shree Thearse and toddler Khalilah Masse-Chambers were found inside the house.

The body of an unidentified adult male was found in the woods behind the home, Faircloth said.

Sources at the scene said the victims were the father, mother, pregnant sister, niece and brother of the suspect.

GentleBreeze
01-18-2010, 07:44 PM
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6820768.html

Austin County Sheriff’s investigators and the Texas Rangers are continuing to question a 20-year-old Bellville man whose five family members were found shot to death at their home outside Bellville on Sunday afternoon.

Maron Thomas, 20, who formerly lived in Houston, was arrested around 3 a.m. Sunday after authorities said he was seen running outside naked, breaking into a car, then attempting to force his way into another home near the crime scene on FM 1456, about seven miles outside Bellville.

A neighbor held Thomas at gunpoint until deputies arrived and arrested him on charges of burglary of a vehicle and attempted burglary of a habitation.

birdwatch
01-18-2010, 09:11 PM
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6820768.html

Austin County Sheriff’s investigators and the Texas Rangers are continuing to question a 20-year-old Bellville man whose five family members were found shot to death at their home outside Bellville on Sunday afternoon.

Maron Thomas, 20, who formerly lived in Houston, was arrested around 3 a.m. Sunday after authorities said he was seen running outside naked, breaking into a car, then attempting to force his way into another home near the crime scene on FM 1456, about seven miles outside Bellville.

A neighbor held Thomas at gunpoint until deputies arrived and arrested him on charges of burglary of a vehicle and attempted burglary of a habitation.Crazy! Here comes the insanity defense, I would think.

GentleBreeze
01-19-2010, 09:13 AM
Crazy! Here comes the insanity defense, I would think.

I agree Bird. I thought about that when they said he was running around naked.

imo