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Police have identified the victims involved in a quintuple murder over the weekend inside a north Roswell home.Juan David Villegas, 34, is facing with five counts of first-degree murder, according to court documents. He is suspected of killing his wife and the couple's four daughters.Police identified his wife as 34-year-old Cynthia Villegas and his daughters as Yamilen, 14, Cynthia Janeth, 11, Abby, 7, and Ida, who was just 3 years old.The family lived at a home in the 2300 block of Davis Avenue, where the five victims were found at 11:15 p.m. Saturday.Family members said they could not reach the family by phone and went to check on them Saturday, when they made the discovery.Investigators said the killings happened sometime during the day Saturday.Juan Villegas was nowhere to be found at the time the bodies were discovered."It's like a dream that you want to wake up from," said Lorenzo Rosalez, Cynthia Villegas's brother. "We didn't lose one of them, we lost five. I can't describe what I feel right now, there's just a lot of hurt and a lot of suffering."Roswell police received confirmation Monday morning that Juan Villegas was taken into custody in Arizpe, Mexico, which is roughly 10 hours south of Roswell.Roswell police spokesperson Todd Wildermuth said Villegas-Hernandez was arrested at a residence. Juan Villegas fled a home in Arizpe and was found inside a vehicle. He was then arrested after a foot chase, officials said.Roswell police are working with Mexican authorities to try and get him extradited. Wildermuth said the extradition process could take weeks."Our God is righteous and he will take care of him. He will take care of us," Rosalez said.In the meantime, Juan Villegas' arrest warrant gives new details about the days leading up to the slayings.Cynthia Villegas told friends that her relationship with her husband was deteriorating and he feared she was cheating on him.Juan Villegas was unemployed for months, and several family members said they saw him drinking heavily days before the shooting, according to court documents.Cynthia Villegas asked her husband for a divorce just two days before the shooting.The documents say a horrific note was found scribbled in Spanish on the wall of the family's home after the bodies were found. It read, in part, "Cynthia didn't want anything to do with us and I can't stand to watch my kids suffer."Family members said they plan to have a funeral ceremony in New Mexico and lay them to rest inTexas.The family has set up a donation page for funeral expenses. The goal is $80,000. To donate, visit https://www.gofundme.com/293rgppg.A candlelight vigil is scheduled for Davis Avenue, outside the Villegas home at 8:30 p.m. Saturday.