JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The man accused of five murders in Mayport just before Memorial Day told police he killed another man.
Police said William Wells (pictured right) admitted to them he is a mass murder, and recently told them he dumped the body of a sixth victim in water near his Mayport mobile home where he kept the bodies of the others he admitted to killing. Sunday Wells took police back to Mayport to show them where he dumped the body.
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Police used a camera mounted on a pole Sunday afternoon and Monday morning to look for a possible body. They focused on a dock Wells directed them to. They did not find anything and have given up their search.
Police believe Wells murdered five people over an 11-day period that ended just before Memorial Day. The bodies were found in his mobile home after a police standoff.
Welles is charged in the murders of his wife, Irene Wells; Irene's father, Bill McMains; Irene's brother, John McMains; her friend, Richard Reese; and an acquaintance of Welles', James Young.
Welles has asked to forgo a trial. He wants to be put to death.
The state attorney's office will determine what happens next.
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- June 14, 2003: Victims Of Mayport Murders Remembered
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- June 4, 2003: New Information On Man Accused of Mayport Murders
- May 28, 2003: 5 Mayport Victims Were Shot To Death