It may take investigators days to untangle a grisly murder scene at a southern Alabama house where five adults, including one pregnant female, have been found murdered, authorities say.
Police said the victims were found on Saturday afternoon inside the residence located in the city of Citronelle. A four-month-old infant also was found alive at the home.
Authorities were still working to identify the bodies and notify relatives, Capt Paul Burch of the Mobile County Sheriff's Office told reporters early Sunday.
"Given the way the scene looks, we're going to be here a couple of days," Burch said. "It's obviously a horrific scene."
Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich told Al.com that the crime scene where five people were "brutally and viciously murdered" was the worst she'd seen in 20 years as a prosecutor.
Burch said suspect Derrick Dearman of Leakesville was taken into custody after he walked into the Greene County Sheriff's Office and confessed to the crimes. Burch said he expects Dearman to face five or six counts of capital murder.
"Sad to say, one of the females was about five months pregnant," Burch said.
Burch and Rich revealed few specifics of the scene, but said it was clear that firearms and at least one other type of weapon had been used. Burch said that it wasn't immediately clear whether the victims had been attacked while sleeping or had engaged in a prolonged struggle.
It appeared events began unfolding in the early hours of Saturday after residents of the house called 911 to report a trespasser. Burch said it was his understanding that during the call Dearman had been identified as the trespasser.
It appeared the murders had taken place later Saturday morning.
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