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1 --J4 -j -f' t' fas a a 4 4 4 ft 41 -4-4 ft' -V FIRS' MEMPHIS FRIDAY MARCH 27 1998 THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL A17 5 slain at Ark trailer boyfriend arrested Sorg 24 and two chil home late Wednesday The victims had been shot multiple times she said Dalrymple in an interview i One neighbor said she had last seen Smith at midday Tuesday as he got into his blue Mustang and drove away Sandra Haynes who lives across the road thought he was going to work somewhere have had several domestic calls down said Charles Griffin who lives nearby and who monitors police scanners day and night "Police made several trips down Relatives said Sorg her children and Samantha had gone to visit Erwin Monday evening They were expected home Tuesday dren Sean Sorg 5 and Taylor Sorg 3 Samantha Rhodes 12 the fifth victim was a local resident who was visiting Erwin said Steve Dalrymple deputy prosecuting attorney for Jefferson County All are from the Pine Bluff area he said The bodies were found at 10:45 pm Wednesday when sheriffs deputies went to the mobile home in response to missing persons complaints called into 911 by relatives of the victims had gone over there to spend the night Misty was hav- ing some problems with father James Erwin Soi saief of his troubles with Smith Erwin said he is devastated by the loss of his daughter sne was three months preg- Area shown VI MISS Staff map Call reporter Shirley Downing at 529-2387 E-mail downinggomemphiscom The Associated Press contributed to this story late Thursday afternoon at the county courthouse declined to discuss motive or many specifics of the slayings Smith had no felony arrest record but recently picked up a misdemeanor citation Dalrymple said He indicated Erwin had previously complained to authorities about involving Smith but he would not be specific Smith and Erwin shared an old tan mobile home en Pinto Road a shady dead-end road lined with older mobile homes and frame houses Other nearby residents said the couple had lived in the home just a few months apparently as renters None knew what they did for a living Of New Used Point snoots On ill I nant he said his two grandchil- dren a niece and his daughter was out there last night and when they come out ana told me that they found Clay King Smith five bodies I collapsed' Dalrymple would not say if the victims had been held nos tage and would not say when say wi the deaths occurred although ougn court records indicate the killings took place or about" Wednesday was a terrible sight Words describe said chief deputy coroner Holly Watkins-Sperry who was called to the scene from her All a was now 67995 64995 46995 47995 52995 99995 59995 14995 Minolta Minolta Olympus 53995 52995 mans imiOOS Pnntax Pttfltox Visitor 64995 16995 Mfe Have The Largest Selection Refurbished Camera Equipment AB 35mm SUIs On Sale! 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