Man suspected of two-state killing spree

FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn., July 18 (UPI) -- A man suspected of a two-state killing spree was found Saturday sitting on the front porch of a house in Tennessee where bodies were found, police said.

Investigators said Jacob Lee Shaffer, 30, not only admitted killing five people near Fayetteville, Tenn., but directed police to a body in Huntsville, Ala., 30 miles to the south, The Huntsville Times reported. Huntsville police found a dead man at Hall Cultured Marble and Granite.

Five victims, some of whom were related, were found in two homes near one another in Fayetteville, Kristin Helm, a spokeswoman, for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, told CNN Saturday.

Authorities did not say how the victims were killed and did not provide a possible motive.

Helm said the killings in Tennessee occurred either late Friday or early Saturday.

Lincoln County Sheriff Murray Blackwelder said the names of the dead were being withheld until families were notified, the Times said.

"This is one of the worst crime scenes Lincoln County has ever seen," Blackwelder said.