Four victims, deceased suspect identified in Lauderdale Co. quadruple homicide The suspect reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a chase by law enforcement. (Source: WDAM) By WDAM Staff | December 23, 2020 at 4:28 PM CST - Updated December 24 at 11:21 AM
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office released the names of four homicide victims and the suspect, who died Tuesday after a pursuit through Lamar County by law enforcement.
WTOK reported that the sheriff’s office identified the victims as 64-year-old Beverly Kaiser Fulton, 39-year-old April Fulton Tucker, 14-year-old Bryce Fisher Tucker and 90-year-old Virginia Jay.
4 found dead after welfare checks, suspect kills self in Mississippi near Alabama border: Report
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Four people were found dead Tuesday afternoon in western Mississippi near the Alabama border during welfare checks, and a suspect in the deaths killed themselves after a pursuit with law enforcement, according to a report.
The four bodies were found Tuesday afternoon in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, after the sheriff’s office there received calls of people not showing up for work, WTOK reported.
The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office could not be reached by AL.com to confirm the report.
Three of the bodies were discovered at a home on Jeffrey Acres Road, while the fourth was found in a home in Whynot.
Reports: Lauderdale Co. homicide victims include 90-year-old woman, 14-year-old boy Gabriela Szymanowska, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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A 14-year-old boy and a 90-year-old woman were among four people found dead Tuesday in two homes in Lauderdale County, authorities said Wednesday.
The Lauderdale County Sheriff s Department at a news conference Wednesday, according to WTOK-TV, identified the victims as Beverly Kaiser Fulton, 64, April Fulton Tucker, 39, Bryce Fisher Tucker, 14, and Virginia Joy, 90.
Matthew Jay Tucker, 40, of Meridian was identified as the suspect who died in Lamar County after a car chase by law enforcement.
Authorities said sometime between 9:30 p.m. Monday and noon Tuesday, Tucker killed Jay, who was his grandmother; along with his wife, son and mother-in-law, the Associated Press reported. It was unclear how the victims were killed.