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FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER. >> IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE SUSPECT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT MALE OF EAST INDIAN DESCENT, PLEASE CONTACT THE ROSEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BRANDI: AS FOR HELP CREATING A TIME I’VE -- TIMELINE OF EVENTS. >> WE ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE START OF THE TIMELINE FROM WHEN THE SUSPECT LEFT HIS RESIDENCE IN ROSEVILLE. KELLIE: WROTE -- BRANDI: ROSEVILLE POLICE GOT A CALL SAYING THIS MAN, THE 53-YEAR-OLD CONFESSED TO KILLING FOUR PEOPLE INSIDE HIS APARTMENT. HE TOLD POLICE THREE BODIES WERE THERE, AND ACCORDING TO ROSEVILLE POLICE, HE CONTROLLED MORE THAN 200 MILES FROM HIS HOME -- HE DROVE MORE THAN 200 MILES HOME WHAT THE BODY OF THE FOURTH BODY IN HIS CAR. >> WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT THIS COULD GO AS FAR BACK AS A WEEK, BUT IT COULD BE JUST SEVERAL DAYS AGO. RANDY: ROSEVILLE POLICE NOT RELEASING A MOTIVE OR IDENTITY OF THE VICTIMS. THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND A NEXT OF KIN. >> THIS INCIDENT HAS TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MANY THROUGHOUT OUR AREA.

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Police have released the identity of a Roseville man suspected of killing four of his family members. Shankar Hangud, 53, was taken into custody Monday after he turned himself in to police more than 200 miles away from a home where the killings happened, according to the Roseville Police Department. He was booked into the Placer County Jail and is facing four murder charges, authorities said. His arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon. The four victims were related to the suspect, Roseville police said. The victims are two adults and two juveniles, Capt. Josh Simon said at a news conference Tuesday morning. Hangud walked into the Mount Shasta Police Department station Monday afternoon and told authorities he had killed people at his home in Roseville, police said. When Hangud turned himself in, there was a man's body in his car.Three additional bodies -- of an adult and two juveniles -- were found at Hangud's apartment in Roseville, which is in the 1800 block of Junction Boulevard at the Carmel at Woodcreek West apartment complex, according to Roseville police. Authorities have not yet released the names of the victims. In a letter sent to parents, officials with the Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District said they believe one of the victims was a student at Silverado Middle School. Hangud is believed to be the sole suspect in the killings, police said. Police are working to piece together a timeline of the killings."It appears the victims were killed by the suspect over a few days' time span," Simon said. Within the last week, Hangud left his home in Roseville with one of the victims, a man of East Indian descent, in his car. "They drove from Roseville, traveled to unknown places in Northern California and ended up in Mount Shasta," Simon said. Simon is asking anyone who may have seen Hangud and the victim to contact Roseville police at 916-746-1059. Police said they don't believe there's an ongoing threat to the community."Roseville is an extremely safe, family-oriented community. This incident has touched the lives of many throughout our area. This is an involving investigation that's less than 24 hours underway," Simon said at the news conference. "We appreciate everyone's patience as we work to share more information as it becomes available."