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| Family of four slaughtered in Lubbock |
| 2004-10-25 |
| Police continue investigation into quadruple homicide BY JASON WOMACK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Police are investigating a multiple homicide of a mother and her three children at the Windcrest Estacado Apartments in East Lubbock about 7:42 a.m. Monday. That's the time of the initial report, the killings occurred at least several hours earlier. The crime was reported by a man who had come to pick up the children to take them to school. The victims are Tammy Cooper, 45; her twin sons, Kadiele and Kasheim Allen, 9; and her daughter, Mahogany Jasmine Allen, 11. Police spokesman Lt. Victor Quintano said that the injuries were "violent in nature." He added that the crime scene was bloody and he couldn't comment on the nature of the injuries. The bodies were in the kitchen, living room and bedroom. People at the scene said the family is new to the neighborhood and had moved there in the last six months. Charles Thomas, a 32-year-old neighbor who lives next door with his wife and three children, said, "We didn't hear nothing." Lubbock Police Chief Claude Jones described the crime scene as "violent" and "brutal." He added that the injuries appeared to result from blunt force trauma. He declined to comment further on the injuries, pending an autopsy tomorrow. Jones said that the police will center their investigation on the family and move outward to friends who may have contacted the family in the last 48 hours. "We think the perpetrator or perpetrators are known to the family," he said of the murders that he believes occurred within the 24 hours preceding the early morning discovery. "We don't believe a stranger is involved," he said. This is the worst murder in the city's history. A "family member" is suspected and every lawman in this part of this country is out looking for him. |
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