Man charged with murder of four adults at rural home

A 22-year-old man was charged with the death of four people found dead Friday night at a home on a rural street in the town of Groton. Groton Police and Massachusetts State Police surrounded the scene off Common Street Friday night to investigate the apparent homicide. At a news conference late Friday night, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said all the victims were adults and all of them were known to each other.Ryan said Orion Krause was taken into custody and will be charged with four counts of murder."It appears to be a situation of tragic family violence," Ryan said.Authorities found an elderly male and female as well as two middle-aged women dead. Three of the bodies were found inside of the house and one was found outside.The district attorney said the preliminary investigation suggests that the cause of death of all of the victims was blunt force trauma.Neighbor Wagner Alcocer said Krause showed up at his back door naked Friday evening and said he "murdered four people." "This was not a random act," Groton Police Chief Donald Palma said. Police recovered what appeared to be a weapon, but investigators would not release any additional details.

A 22-year-old man was charged with the death of four people found dead Friday night at a home on a rural street in the town of Groton.

Groton Police and Massachusetts State Police surrounded the scene off Common Street Friday night to investigate the apparent homicide.



At a news conference late Friday night, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan said all the victims were adults and all of them were known to each other.



Ryan said Orion Krause was taken into custody and will be charged with four counts of murder.

"It appears to be a situation of tragic family violence," Ryan said.

Authorities found an elderly male and female as well as two middle-aged women dead. Three of the bodies were found inside of the house and one was found outside.

The district attorney said the preliminary investigation suggests that the cause of death of all of the victims was blunt force trauma.



Neighbor Wagner Alcocer said Krause showed up at his back door naked Friday evening and said he "murdered four people."



"This was not a random act," Groton Police Chief Donald Palma said.



Police recovered what appeared to be a weapon, but investigators would not release any additional details.