APPOMATTOX, Va. (AP) — Authorities have identified the victims of a Virginia mass killing as four adults, three teenagers and a 4-year-old.
Thirty-nine-year-old Christopher Speight (SPYT) of Appomattox is charged with one count of first degree murder, but other charges are likely.
State police say the victims’ bodies are at the state medical examiner’s office in Roanoke, where their causes of death will be determined.
They are: 16-year-old Ronald Scruggs; 15-year-old Emily Quarles; 43-year-old Karen and Jonathan Quarles; 38-year-old Dwayne and Lauralee Sipe; 15-year-old Morgan Dobyns; and 4-year-old Joshua Sipe.
Police says Speight knew all the victims and had lived at the home where the slayings occurred Tuesday, but they did not outline the victims’ relationships.
