CANTON, Ohio (AP) – A man suspected of fatally shooting a mother and her two college-age daughters is believed to have killed a married couple afterward in another city, a sheriff said Tuesday.
Stark County Sheriff George Maier identified the suspect as 45-year-old George Brinkman Jr., who was taken into custody early Tuesday after a standoff in Brunswick, south of Cleveland.
Maier said Brinkman worked for 71-year-old Rogell Eugene John and 64-year-old Roberta Ray John, whose bodies were found in their home in North Canton on Monday after their son grew concerned he couldn’t reach them upon their return from a vacation. It appears they were shot, the sheriff said.
Brinkman was watching the house while they were away, the sheriff said.
Authorities in Stark County had been asked to look for Brinkman on Sunday because he was a person of interest in the deaths of the mother and her two daughters.