LITTLE ROCK — Authorities say they found four bodies in a burning mobile home in southwest Arkansas and an 80-year-old man was found dead inside a nearby house.
A vehicle belonging to one of the victims in the doublewide trailer was found on fire in Hot Springs, 13 miles away, about the same time, said Lt. James Martin of the Garland County Sheriff’s Department.
Police identified the fifth victim — found in the house — as Edward Gentry Sr. The other four victims haven’t been identified, but a relative told Little Rock television station KLRT that they were related to Gentry.
Martin says investigators don’t yet know the cause of death, but that the bodies will be sent to the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock for identification and autopsies.
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