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A manhunt is underway in Alabama after sheriffs discovered the \u201cbrutal scene\u201d of a quadruple homicide, including a mother, young son, teen daughter, and an unborn grandchild.<\/p>\n\n

(Video Credit: WALA-TV)<\/p>\n

Concerned family members had their worst fears realized in Wilmer, Alabama, early Monday morning when sheriffs were prompted to check on the eight-month pregnant 17-year-old Keziah Arionna Luker. It was there that they discovered the girl had been fatally shot along with her 46-year-old mother and 12-year-old brother, who\u2019d each had their throats cut.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a brutal scene. If you\u2019ve got beef with an adult \u2026 there\u2019s nothing worth killing over, but to murder two children brutally \u2026 I hope and feel comfortable we\u2019ll have this animal or animals off the streets soon,\u201d said Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch during a press conference.<\/p>\n

According to the sheriff\u2019s office, the father of Luker\u2019s unborn baby, who was working offshore, grew concerned when he saw her phone moving on a tracking app, but she was not responding to calls. Upon arriving at the scene, authorities found the victims bound and the home torn apart as though the suspect or suspects were looking for something.<\/p>\n

Mother Lisa Gail Fields was said to have been stabbed while her son, Thomas Cordelle Jr., was said to have had his throat cut to the point he was nearly decapitated. Also at the scene was Luker\u2019s 18-month-old daughter, who was discovered unharmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this point, we don\u2019t suspect any kind of domestic or family-type situation,\u201d said Burch, who believed multiple suspects were responsible. \u201cIt tells me that they had a plan coming in to bring zip ties or flex cuffs with them, so they had a plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains to be determined if the DA\u2019s office will seek the death penalty when charges are filed, as District Attorney Keith Blackwood told WALA-TV that, just as to whether or not they seek three or four murder charges, what charges they pursue will be dependent on the investigation\u2019s findings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are several ways the charges could go as far as capital murder. There are two victims under the age of 14, that\u2019ll be a potential charge depending on what the investigation shows,\u201d he said. \u201cIf there was a burglary for the purpose of committing murder, then that could be a charge as well. There\u2019s in the presence of a child.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the baby girl is being cared for by family, Luker\u2019s father told the outlet, \u201cIt\u2019s a senseless murder. She was a bubble of sunshine. A person that makes you smile; a person that\u2019ll make you laugh whenever you\u2019re down. She had empathy for everybody. She loved her brothers; she loved her mom; she loved all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also relayed that she had just received her GED, \u201cMy baby, she just wanted to be somebody. She wanted to be a good mother and a good sister to her brothers, and I mean, my God, for nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost half of our family for nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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