Officials with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona say a 21-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing multiple members of his family.
In an interview, PCSO Chief Deputy Matthew Thomas said the family members were “slaughtered.”
“Four people being slaughtered, essentially, at the hands of one of their own relatives is just – it’s just beyond what you can fathom,” said Chief Deputy Thomas.
According to a statement released on Sept. 5, the incident happened on Sept. 4, in a residential area north of Bel Air and McCartney Roads, just outside of Casa Grande. Deputies were called out to the scene at around 1:45 p.m., after they received a frantic 911 call.
When deputies arrived, they discovered that four people were killed, and the suspect, Richard Wilson, was still on scene when deputies arrived.
“The victims are identified as 47-year-old Richard Wilson, the suspect’s father, 50 -year-old Ellen Otterman, the suspect’s mother, 16-year-old Rudy Wilson, the suspect’s sister, and 5-year-old Renaya White, the suspect’s niece,” read a portion of the statement.
Chief Deputy Thomas said Rudy Wilson was the person who made the 911 call, prior to her death. He also said this is one of the worst scenes that deputies in Pinal County have ever been called to.
“You always have these calls that kind of haunts you throughout your career,” said Chief Deputy Thomas. “There’s those one or two, and I can tell you that everybody involved in this call, this will be one of the ones that sticks with them, because it’s absolutely horrific, especially when it involves children.”
People living in the area say the suspect was a nice kid, and they have no clue why he would have done this.
“I knew [the suspect] as ‘Sonny,’” said Wanda Hamilton, who lives in the area. “I never heard them arguing or anything like that. As far as I knew, they all got along really good.”
Neighbors say the extended Wilson family lived in two homes in the area, with just one house separating them. The family members went back and forth to each other’s homes all the time.
“I just hear the little five-year-old out playing and laughing and having a good time, being a five-year-old,” said Joy Moreno, who also lives in the area. “That’s the one thing that’s disturbing out of everything is you know not being able to hear her laughing anymore.”
Wilson, according to officials with PCSO, is being held on a $2.5 million bond. He is accused of four counts of 1st-degree murder.
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