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Milwaukee
Police Chief Edward Flynn speaks at a news conference in
Milwaukee
on Monday regarding Friday's triple homicide on
Milwaukee
's south side. The bodies of Rachel Thompson, 23, and her sons,
Torian Thompson-Carter, 4, and Jaden Thompson-Carter, 3, were
found murdered in a burning duplex, and Brittney Robertson was
murdered across town. Flynn said five people have been arrested
over the last two days in connection with the case.
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MILWAUKEE - Police on Tuesday were still
trying to sort out a case involving five suspects and their possible
involvement in the homicides of two women, two children and a fire to
cover up some of the deaths.
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn said
Monday that five people had been arrested in the slayings of 23-year-old
Rachel Thompson and her sons — 4-year-old Torian Thompson-Carter and
3-year-old Jaden Thompson-Carter. Their bodies were discovered after an
arson fire early Friday at their Milwaukee duplex.
Another woman who lived at the home —
19-year-old Brittney Robertson — was found shot to death at a
different residence hours after the fire, and police said she also may
have been involved in the family's deaths. Police have not said how the
Thompson family died or given a motive.
Thompson's 6-week-old son, Maurice Visor
Jr., was taken but found unharmed outside a church.
Milwaukee County District Attorney John
Chisholm said Tuesday he suspects police will turn the case over to his
office later this week, but he didn't know whether charges would be
filed that soon.
The children's grandmother, Tondalia
Massey, 37, said her son, Freddie Carter, the father of the boys, broke
down when she told him about the deaths. He and Thompson had been
together for seven years before he went to prison three years ago for
recklessly endangering safety, Massey said.
She said she didn't know Robertson and
that she last saw Thompson about a month ago. She also said she didn't
know why anyone would kill Thompson and the boys.
"We are all left in the dark,"
she said. "We'd like to know."
Thompson and the boys are scheduled to be
buried on Saturday, she said. Visitation is scheduled for Friday.
In 1993, then-6-year-old Rachel Thompson
witnessed her mother's boyfriend fatally stab her mother and grandmother
and had to testify at his trial. The boyfriend, Freddy Williams, was
sentenced to a life prison term, with no parole eligibility for 80
years. Williams died in 1996, while serving his sentence, according to
state Department of Corrections spokeswoman Melissa Roberts.