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Indictment: 8 Counts 1st-Degree Murder

District Attorney Intends To Seek Death Penatly On Guy Heinze Jr.

POSTED: Monday, September 14, 2009

UPDATED: 9:57 pm EDT September 14, 2009

Glynn County police said eight people were killed inside this mobile home early the morning of Aug. 29.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. -- Two days after the last of eight people beaten to death inside a Glynn County mobile home was laid to rest, the 22-year-old man accused of killing them was indicted on eight counts of first-degree murder.

In addition to the murder charges, Guy Heinze Jr. is also charged with one count of aggravated assault with intent to murder in connection to a 3-year-old boy who remains in critical condition at a Savannah hospital more than two weeks after the attack.

Heinze also faces two drug charges.

The indictment said Heinze inflicted "blunt-force trauma" to the heads of all the victims, including his father, uncle, aunt, four cousins, nephew and a friend of the extended family.

Glynn County Sheriff's Office booking photo of Guy Heinze Jr.

They were found dead the morning of Aug. 29.

District Attorney Stephen Kelley has said he plans to seek the death penalty.

THE VICTIMS
	Russell D. Toler Sr.	44
	Russell D. Toler Jr.	20
	Chrissy Toler	22
	Michelle Toler	15
	Michael Toler	19
	Guy Heinze Sr.	45
	Brenda Gail Falagan	49
	Joseph L. West	30

Except for a brief supervised release, Heinze has been in the Glynn County Jail since the day he got on the phone at a neighbor's house and told a 911 operator: "It looks like they've been beaten to death."

He was initially charged with tampering with evidence. Six days later, he was charged with eight counts of murder.

Police Chief Matt Doering has not released a motive.

Read Document: Grand Jury Indictment Of Guy Heinze Jr. (PDF file)

Previous Stories:

September 12, 2009: 8th Glynn Co. Slaying Victim Laid To Rest
September 5, 2009: 7 Victims Laid To Rest Amid Questions
September 4, 2009: 911 Caller Arrested On 8 Counts Of Murder
September 3, 2009: Man Who Found Family Dead Still In Jail
September 3, 2009: Bond Set For Man Who Found Family Dead
September 1, 2009: Victims Of Glynn County Massacre Named
September 1, 2009: Mother Of 4 Massacre Victims Speaks
September 1, 2009: Brunswick Worries Mass Killer Is Loose
August 31, 2009: 911 Call: 'My Whole Family's Dead'
August 30, 2009: 8th Victim Dies; 911 Caller Arrested
August 29, 2009: 7 Killed In Glynn County Mobile Home

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