Brenda Jarrell and her husband, Bill Dingess, stand outside the home near Chapmanville where her brother, Paul David Jarrell, and Eddie and Michelle Bell were found dead Sunday morning.
CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. -- Logan County officials found three people shot to death in a house on Huckleberry Road near Chapmanville, police and relatives of the deceased said.
The bodies of 51-year-old Paul David Jarrell, Eddie Bell and Michelle Bell were discovered around 9 a.m. Sunday morning, according to Jarrell's family members.
"I lost my mom, my older brother from a stroke, and my dad a week and a half ago and now my brother," Jarrell's sister, Brenda Jarrell said, standing in front of the house where her brother died. Jarrell and other family members were taking items from the house where the slayings occurred. They feared that thieves would break in and steal from the empty house, she said.
Police are calling Trevor Tomblin, 34, of Chapmanville, a person of interest in the homicide investigation. Tomblin wrecked around 5:25 a.m. Sunday morning at Big Creek while driving a 2000 Sonoma truck that was registered to one of the victims. Additional handguns and other evidence were found at the crash scene, according to police.
Tomblin was transported to Logan Regional Medical Center and later to CAMC General, where he died.
Authorities found a handgun, prescription medication and a large amount of cash in the stolen vehicle with Tomblin.
Earl Akers, Brenda Jarrell's nephew by marriage, said he knew Tomblin.
"We went to a Christian school," Akers said. "I went to school with him all the way up. It's just unreal."
Tomblin lived about a mile away from Paul Jerrell, Akers said.
CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. -- Logan County officials found three people shot to death in a house on Huckleberry Road near Chapmanville, police and relatives of the deceased said.
The bodies of 51-year-old Paul David Jarrell, Eddie Bell and Michelle Bell were discovered around 9 a.m. Sunday morning, according to Jarrell's family members.
"I lost my mom, my older brother from a stroke, and my dad a week and a half ago and now my brother," Jarrell's sister, Brenda Jarrell said, standing in front of the house where her brother died. Jarrell and other family members were taking items from the house where the slayings occurred. They feared that thieves would break in and steal from the empty house, she said.
Police are calling Trevor Tomblin, 34, of Chapmanville, a person of interest in the homicide investigation. Tomblin wrecked around 5:25 a.m. Sunday morning at Big Creek while driving a 2000 Sonoma truck that was registered to one of the victims. Additional handguns and other evidence were found at the crash scene, according to police.
Tomblin was transported to Logan Regional Medical Center and later to CAMC General, where he died.
Authorities found a handgun, prescription medication and a large amount of cash in the stolen vehicle with Tomblin.
Earl Akers, Brenda Jarrell's nephew by marriage, said he knew Tomblin.
"We went to a Christian school," Akers said. "I went to school with him all the way up. It's just unreal."
Tomblin lived about a mile away from Paul Jerrell, Akers said.
Brenda Jarrell said the Bells were staying with her brother and helping out because their dad died recently.
She described her brother as a friendly man who always had company.
"Everybody liked him and he had people in and out there all the time," she said.
Brenda Jarrell's husband, Bill Dingess, agreed.
"All of them was likeable people," Dingess said. "If you were hungry they'd give you something to eat. You couldn't ask for anyone better than them."
All four of the bodies were taken to the medical examiner's office. The investigation is ongoing because of "the enormous amount of evidence that officers have been receiving from other locations," according to police.
Anyone with information related to the investigation is asked to contact the Logan County Sheriff's Department at (304) 792-8590 or (304)-792-8817.
Reach Lori Kersey at lori.ker...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-1240.
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