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04-13-2006, 10:53 AM
Police Arrest Man Suspected of Killing 6
By MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press Writer
23 minutes ago
LEOLA, Pa. - A 21-year-old man was charged Thursday in the gruesome killing of six relatives, whose bodies were found wrapped in sheets and blankets in the basement of his grandmother's home.
At least one of the victims had obvious head wounds, and there appeared to be blood on the walls and ceilings of two bedrooms, authorities said. They found the beds striped of sheets and blankets, and discovered bone fragments, hair and a hammer in upstairs rooms.
The youngest of the victims, spanning three generations of the same family, was just 5 years old.
Jesse Dee Wise, whose grandparents owned the home, was arrested Thursday and charged with six counts of homicide. Lancaster County District Attorney Don Totaro declined to comment about a possible motive or say if Wise had given a statement to police.
The victims apparently died of multiple traumatic injuries sometime last weekend, Totaro said. He declined to say how they were killed.
Wise's 64-year-old grandmother, Emily Wise; two relatives believed to be his aunts; two of Emily Wise's grandchildren, ages 5 and 19; and a 17-year-old relative were identified as the dead, said East Lampeter Township police Chief John Bowman.
The bodies were found after Emily Wise's husband called from New York on Wednesday asking a friend to check on his family in the three-story house in Leola, a small village in Lancaster County's rural Amish country.
Jessie L. Wise, 60, was worried because he hadn't heard from his wife since Friday, authorities said.
The friend, John Sean Adams, 24, met the first officer at the house.
When they went inside, Adams stopped halfway down the basement steps and yelled, "They're all dead! All six of them are dead!" the affidavit stated.
Police found several bodies wrapped in sheets and blankets and piled on the basement floor, one of them with obvious head wounds, according to a search warrant affidavit. One body was at the bottom of the steps wrapped in a comforter secured with a phone cord. The affidavit also described blood in the rooms and bone fragments.
Police had received three calls about the house on Main Street, the first of them around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The person called back a few minutes later to cancel the request for help, then called again at 2:05 p.m., according to the affidavit.
The affidavit does not identify the caller. It said Adams met East Lampeter Township police Officer Samuel Sanger when he arrived at the home.
According to the search warrant, police responding after the bodies were discovered were searching the property for fingerprints, weapons, a hammer and phone cord, as well as anything wrapped around the victims' necks. They also were seeking personal effects and financial information related to the victims.
In addition to Emily Wise, the victims were Wanda Wise, 45; Arlene Wise, who is in her 30s; Skyler Wise, 19; Chance Wise, 5; and Jesse James Wise, 17.
Chance was "a typically energetic kindergartner," said Gerald G. Huesken, superintendent of Conestoga Valley School District. Schools were closed Thursday, the first day of spring break, but counselors would be brought to the elementary school when classes resume Tuesday to talk with students, he said.

Riverat84
04-13-2006, 11:06 AM
OMG that is rediculious....im speechless!

tamalewagon
04-13-2006, 11:22 AM
Man there are some truly sick nutso's out there.