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Suspect Arrested in Tenn. Quintuple Murder

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 18, 2009 4:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Police in southern Tennessee arrested a suspect today after at least five bodies were discovered near the Alabama county line, the Elk Valley Times reports. Forensic crime teams are investigating at two Fayetteville, Tenn., houses where the bodies were discovered, the AP reports. Gunfire appeared to fell all five. Police are also seeking links to a body found this morning at a business in nearby Huntsville.

Police in Fayetteville, Tenn., arrested a suspect today in the deaths of five people. (Shutterstock)

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