4 found dead after welfare checks, suspect kills self in Mississippi near Alabama border: Report
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Four people were found dead Tuesday afternoon in western Mississippi near the Alabama border during welfare checks, and a suspect in the deaths killed themselves after a pursuit with law enforcement, according to a report.
The four bodies were found Tuesday afternoon in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, after the sheriff’s office there received calls of people not showing up for work, WTOK reported.
The Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office could not be reached by AL.com to confirm the report.
Three of the bodies were discovered at a home on Jeffrey Acres Road, while the fourth was found in a home in Whynot.
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Report: 4 bodies found in Lauderdale Co.; suspect dead after chase in Lamar Co.
Report: 4 bodies found in Lauderdale Co.; suspect dead after chase in Lamar Co. By Chris Thies | December 22, 2020 at 4:38 PM CST - Updated December 22 at 6:51 PM
PEARL RIVER COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - A suspect involved in an investigation into multiple bodies found in Lauderdale County is dead after a chase in Lamar County, according to media reports.
Mississippi Highway Patrol is currently working a scene on Interstate 59 in Pearl River County were there appears to be a truck crashed into the tree line.
The scene is near exit 41, which is the Lumberton exit onto State Route 13.