A bloody double homicide in a trailer park was discovered when a five-year-old boy who saw the bodies of his parents and wandered out of his home getting the attention of a nearby resident.
'Mommy and daddy are asleep,' the little boy said, initially asking if he could go home with the local woman, in court testimony according to
AL.com. 'They're covered in blood.'
The boy was the son of the victims Shawntia Jackson, 22, and Dajun Hardy, 24, of Huntsville, Alabama, shot dead back in September.
The slain couple were found by police in their mobile home along with a crying one-year-old infant, shortly after the child reached out to the neighbor.
Jackson had been shot multiple times including in the leg, stomach, arm and mouth, while Hardy had been shot once in the head, Huntsville police Investigator Julian Johnson told the court.
Tyree Castile, 22, along with two juveniles, were charged with capital murder. The two youths charged were identified as Caleb Bruce and Carolyn Phillips, AL.com reported. The Huntsville police believe that Bruce was the shooter in the situation with Castile having provided the gun and Phillips transportation.
During interrogation, Bruce reportedly told police that he had shot Dajun Hardy out of fear that he was reaching for a gun during a drug buy at the home.