7 found slain at US mobile home; 2 badly hurt

August 30, 2009, 4:55pm

BRUNSWICK, Georgia (AP) — Seven people were found slain and two critically injured Saturday at a mobile home park built on the grounds of a historic plantation in southeastern Georgia, police said.

Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering called it the worst mass slaying in his 25 years of police work in this coastal Georgia county. He wouldn’t say how the victims died.

“This is a record for us. We’ve never had such an incident with so many victims,’’ Doering told reporters.

“It’s not a scene that I would want anybody to see.’’

A family member called police Saturday after discovering the bodies inside a dingy mobile home shaded by large, moss-draped oaks with an old boat in the front yard.

At an afternoon news conference, Doering declined to say whether police believe the killer was among the dead or remained at large.

No arrests had been made.

Investigators were interviewing neighbors about whether they saw or heard anything unusual Saturday morning.

The two injured victims were taken to a Savannah hospital and were in critical condition, Doering said.

Some of the victims had been tentatively identified, but Doering would not release any names or ages.

“I really don’t know the ages,’’ Doering said. “There were some older-aged victims and we believe there were some in their teens.’’