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6 Bodies Found in Fayetteville and Huntsville, Connected

by Amy Judd | July 18, 2009 at 12:18 pm

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Six bodies that have been found in Fayetteville, Tennessee and Huntsville, Alabama, are all believed to be connected somehow by a series of murders. It is not yet known how they died, but five of the victims were found at Lincoln Road in Fayetteville, Tennessee and one was found at Orchard Street in Huntsville, Alabama.

A suspect, Jacob Lee Shafter, is now in custody and police have said they are not looking for any other suspects.

Sheriff Murray Blackwelder, who held an afternoon news conference, called the slayings “one of the worst crimes Lincoln County has ever seen.” He didn’t describe how the people died.

The suspect, Jacob Lee Shafer, has been questioned by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and is to be charged in that state with murder in the deaths of five people in Tennessee and one person in Alabama, Helm said.

The victims have not been identified, but some are related.

"As far as we understand [they are all connected]," the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department told BNO News. It is not clear how the victims died.

NowPublic will update this story when more information becomes available.

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Spydermonkey

at 12:50 on July 18th, 2009

"LINCOLN COUNTY, TENN. - Lincoln County authorities say they will hold a press conference at 4 p.m. to talk about their investigation into what is apparently the deaths of five people.

They have set up a command post and closed off the scene at the end of Lincoln Road.

The Huntsville Times has staff at the scene and will present more details as they are released by officials." from al.com

Amy Judd

at 13:03 on July 18th, 2009

Thank you, I didn't know about that.

politisite

at 14:26 on July 18th, 2009

They have suspects in custody already. Thanks for this story

FAYETTEVILLE, TENN. — A suspect was in custody in the slayings of six people, five in southern Tennessee and another about 20 miles away in Huntsville, Ala., authorities said Saturday.

djermano

at 04:00 on July 20th, 2009

Well Amy....sorry to hear the news that in a free society it appears to have murders everyday. People like to say I live in a Slave Communistic State, but I am not a slave to guns like Americans are. Such a pity America is like this.... Even Obama doesn't seem to have a personality narcotic influence in stopping it.

Rev. Jermano

Dave Blom (not verified)

at 07:23 on July 20th, 2009

Dear Rev Jermano,

Why do you assume the killings were committed with a gun?

There were no guns involved, cause of death was Blunt-Force Trauma . Weapon type has not been released, but if the weapon used in the killings was say a Baseball bat , I think ALL baseball bats should be registered and limited to professional baseball teams, and only kept in Baseball stadiums.

There is No mention of Baseball bats in the constitution hence this is a good law.

Spydermonkey

at 06:56 on July 19th, 2009

here is the link for AP's story on this

djermano

at 05:34 on July 27th, 2009

I can prove with statistics that guns are the preferred tool in crimes..in comparison to baseball bats. I doubt baseball was invented or played when the Constitution was written.

Rev. Jermano