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Georgia Man Innocent in Trailer Slayings: Kid Brother

Cites drug dispute; 'my bro has a conscience'

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(AP) – The brother of a Georgia man charged with slaying his father and seven others in a mobile home insists that 22-year-old Guy Heinze Jr would never harm his family, and instead speculates that a drug dispute could have prompted the killings. "I know my brother didn't do this. My brother has a conscience," 16-year-old Tyler Heinze said yesterday outside the rural cemetery where seven caskets topped with roses were resting atop freshly dug graves.

Police charged Heinze Jr on Friday with eight counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his father, uncle, aunt, and four cousins. The eighth victim was a boyfriend of one of the cousins. "I know my brother didn't do this. My brother has a conscience," said Tyler Heinze said. "I can say there was drug involvement in the house, and I think somebody ripped somebody off and somebody needed to get their money back."

The casket containing Michelle and Chrissy Toler and five other victims wait for burial Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 in Townsend, Ga.
The casket containing Michelle and Chrissy Toler and five other victims wait for burial Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 in Townsend, Ga.   (Stephen Morton)
Tyler Heinze, 16, the brother of Guy Heinze, Jr., walks away from the media after the funeral of his father, Guy Heinze Sr. and six other victims Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 in Townsend, Ga.
Tyler Heinze, 16, the brother of Guy Heinze, Jr., walks away from the media after the funeral of his father, Guy Heinze Sr. and six other victims Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 in Townsend, Ga.   (Stephen Morton)
In this file photo released on Aug. 30, 2009 by the Glynn County Police Department, Guy Heinze Jr. is shown.
In this file photo released on Aug. 30, 2009 by the Glynn County Police Department, Guy Heinze Jr. is shown.   ((AP Photo/Glynn County Police Department, File))
The casket containing Guy Heinze Sr. is unloaded at a gravesite where he and six other family members will be buried Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 in Townsend, Ga.
The casket containing Guy Heinze Sr. is unloaded at a gravesite where he and six other family members will be buried Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 in Townsend, Ga.   (Stephen Morton)
The casket of Brenda Gail Falagan, one of eight victims of a mass murder in a mobile home park in nearby Brunswick, Ga., is unloaded at a gravesite in Townsend, Ga on Sept. 5, 2009.
The casket of Brenda Gail Falagan, one of eight victims of a mass murder in a mobile home park in nearby Brunswick, Ga., is unloaded at a gravesite in Townsend, Ga on Sept. 5, 2009.   (Stephen Morton)
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JohnnyDummkopf
Sep 6, 09 3:23 PM CDT
Someday, somewhere, that kid is going to make a shrink very, very wealthy. Reply
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sully4411
Sep 6, 09 3:26 PM CDT
um...stupid comment? who are you to say you know all the facts about this case.... the kid could be completely right for all you know. dont makie such rash judgments so quickly. Reply
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JohnnyDummkopf
Sep 6, 09 3:37 PM CDT
You misinterpret my comment. I don't think he's crazy at all; I have no idea what the facts are. But it's unlikely that he'll go far without psychological counseling after his family was murdered and his brother accused. Maybe you shouldn't "makie" such rash judgments so quickly.
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Mischa
Sep 7, 09 2:33 AM CDT
nicely said, johhny. the irony of our system insures a life time of quasi celebrity/psychiatric existence for this boy. it's sad really. think twice sully, it helps you out quit a bit in life. In any case you're right, we don't know the facts. no one should jump to a single conclusion yet. Reply
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RepressedBySociety
Sep 7, 09 8:42 PM CDT
Okay, I think Johnny was just saying the kid went through something traumatic that will take a while to get over. Reply
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