5 found murdered in Alabama home

Five people including one pregnant woman were found murdered in a home in Citronelle, Alabama, local police said Sunday. A 4-month-old baby was found in the house unharmed. The victims were discovered Saturday afternoon, and are believed to have been killed very early Saturday morning.

A suspect, Derrick Dearman, was arrested across the nearby Mississippi border; once in custody, he confessed to the crime. Law enforcement initially began their investigation after a woman came to a local police station on Saturday and said she'd escaped a kidnapping but suspected fellow captives had been killed.

The investigation is still ongoing, and police are in the process of determining what weapon was used, as well as whether the victims were attacked in their sleep. "Given the way the scene looks, we're going to be here a couple of days," said Capt. Paul Burch of the county sheriff's office. "It's obviously a horrific scene."

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