http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/26/basement.bodies.ap/index.html
LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A man charged with killing six family
members also attempted to travel to New York to kill his grandfather but was
stopped by car trouble, prosecutors allege in a new count filed Friday.
The bodies of Jesse D. "Jay" Wise Jr.'s relatives were not yet discovered
when police say Wise and a 16-year-old girl drove toward New York in his
slain grandmother's Mercedes sport-utility vehicle.
The girl, Angelica Gillogly, testified in a preliminary hearing Friday that
Wise told her he was going to bring drugs back from New York and that he
"had to finish what (he) started." His grandfather, Jessie L. Wise, was in
Brooklyn, away from the family home in Leola, a small village about 60 miles
west of Philadelphia.
The SUV broke down outside Philadelphia early April 11, and a friend gave
Jay Wise and Gillogly a ride back to Lancaster County, police said.
Wise's grandmother, two aunts, an uncle and two cousins had been stabbed,
bludgeoned, possibly strangled, and left wrapped in sheets and blankets.
Their bodies were found a day later in the basement of the home.
Wise, 21, was quickly apprehended nearby. Investigators have not offered a
motive for the slayings. (maybe the loving, caring christian god told him to
MURDER people, we know that has happened before, just look at Abraham)
A judge on Friday determined there is enough evidence to try Wise, both on
the six homicide charges and the new attempted homicide count.
Jessie L. Wise, reached by phone Friday, declined to comment.
Gillogly testified she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol the night
she and Wise headed east, but Lancaster County prosecutor Craig Stedman
objected and the judge stopped her short. Gillogly also was prevented from
saying whether Wise also had been on drugs or alcohol.
Police have said Wise confessed to killing his relatives, ages 5 to 64. His
girlfriend, Jackie Boots, testified Friday that he also told her about the
slayings before his arrest. (gee, a dead child too, that certainly has to
make the christian god happy)
It took three or four days for the bodies to be discovered, during which
time authorities allege Wise used his victims' cash, checks or credit cards
to go shopping.
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