Just out of jail, a man with a long criminal record entered a trailer park and went on a killing spree, slashing the throats of a couple, their two young children and a visiting uncle, police said.
Before he died Thursday, Ray Jacobs, 37, staggered across the gravel street seeking help from the manager of the small trailer park.The body of Jacobs' wife, Kelly, 27, lay in their blood-splashed living room, along with the bodies of their 5-year-old daughter, Jessica, and Kelly Jacobs' visiting brother Roger Glazebrook of Spokane, Wash. Christopher Jacobs, 16 months, was dead in his crib, said sheriff's Lt. Dale Willis.
Less than two hours after the bodies were found, police used a tracking dog to lead them to a suspect in nearby woods. Girley Logsdon Crum, 34, was charged with five counts of murder and jailed without bail.
A clerk at a market next to the trailer court said he had argued with Crum the night before the slayings and that Crum appeared to be drunk or on drugs.
Crum was expected to be arraigned today in Coos County District Court.
Police said they had no motive for the killings; they described Crum as an acquaintance of the family but gave no other details.