Man charged after six killed, including wife

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) in the US today said a man is accused of killing his wife and three of her relatives, along with two others in a two-state spree.

TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm said in a news release that investigators have identified five of the six victims.

Authorities have charged 30-year-old Jacob Shaffer with homicide in connection with the five people found dead in Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Ms Helm said those killed in Tennessee were Shaffer’s wife, 38-year-old Traci Shaffer; her son, 16-year-old Devin Brooks; her brother, 34-year-old Chris Hall; her father, 57-year-old Billy Hall; and a neighbour, 16-year-old Robert Berber.

Police in Huntsville, Alabama, have not identified the sixth person found dead there. That killing is believed to be related.