first suspect behind bars, former son-in-law, christopher harris, who was married to an adult daughter was not involved or injured in this. four more arrests. harris' brother, ex-girlfriend and mother. all three charged with obstruction of justice. why was this family targeted? innocent kids. how were those folks involved? we welcome back ryan denan, online news editor. lay it out there. who are these people? how are they connected to the accused murderer here? >> the accused murderer's boother, jason harris, one of the arrestees. also arrested, harris' fiancee. at one time the murder suspect lived with them nearby where the killings took place. he was living with them before the actual killings. also arrested yesterday was jennifer ernest's mother, sarah duncan in sarasota county, florida. >> were cops tailing them? how did they begin to link them in some way, shape or form to this crime? >> it's been a hectic week for them. starting last wednesday police began searching the residences of all these people. this culminated basically yesterday when these people were brought in early in

what makes them believe it's christopher harris here? >> they have some kind of strong forensic evidence that they've talked about in press conferences. they haven't been specific. also, he was the owner of a gray pickup truck that is somewhat similar to one that was seen in the small town the night before the bodies were found. so those two things apparently are pointing police toward him. >> did he go to the funeral of the family? >> he did go to the funeral. actually, he's visited the lone survivor in the hospital with his ex-wife. >> wow. brian, we always look to those closest in a case like this. we're talking about a small illinois town, about 200 people in this santa monica community. we knew it was somebody that the family knew. we figured that anyway. it still shocks us when it's a family like this. >> yeah. absolutely. you know, there's a couple of indicators when you look at this scene that will tell you it was somebody close to them. the blunt force trauma. the passion that was involved in that. typically when you see blunt f

the first suspect behind the bars in this case, christopher harris, who was married at one time to an adult daughter who was not injured in this. harris' brother, his brother's ex girlfriend and her mother, all three charged with obstruction of justice. the haunting question, why was this family targeted? inseptember kids. how are these folks involved. we welcome back ryan denham. ryan, late it out there. who are these people and how are they connected to the accused murder here? >> the accused murderer's brother, one of the arrestees, and jason harris' fiance, and chris harris, the murder suspect actually lived them nearby where the killings took place, living with them right before the killings. also arrested yesterday was jennifer's mother, sarah duncan in sarasota county, florida. >> were cops tailing them? how did they begin to link them in some way, shape or form to this crime? >> yeah, it's been a hectic week for them. starting last wednesday, police began searching the residences of all these people. it kind of culminated basically yesterday when these people were brought in e

jane: police have just arrested christopher harris, 30 years old, planning to charge him with the murders of five members of one family, parents and three children. police have been warning neighbors to keep their doors locked. belittles child, a 3-year-old named tabitha, survived what is said to be a very brutal attack. the hospital says that she is responding well to date. there is word today from police that you may want to keep your doors locked. we have the editor of the pentagram newspaper with us from bloomington, illinois. what do we know about the suspect? what was the motive? >> chris harris is 30 years old, attending college. illinois, and he works as a carpenter. he dreams of being an architect. he has lived all over central illinois. most recently, he has been in and out of his ex-wife's home, down the street from where the family was killed. she was the older daughter of the family involved in the murders. jane: what could have been the motive? he did not kill her. >> looking at his arm and social networking pages, none of this seems particularly dark. it seems like a normal

the first suspect behind bars in this murder, former son-in-law christopher harris married at one time to an adult daughter who was not involved in this. now three arrests, harris's brother, girlfriend, and mother all three charged with obstruction of justice. the haunting question why was this family targeted? those innocent kids. how are these folks involved? join me to talk about it. we welcome back the online news editor. who are these people and how are they connected to the accused murderer? >> the accused murder's brother jason is an arreste and also his fiance jennifer. at some point chris harris actually lived with them nearby where the actual killings took place. he was living with them right before the killings. also arrested yesterday was jennifer earnest's mother sarah duncan in sarasota county, florida. >> okay. so were cops tailing them? how did they begin to link them in some way with this crime? >> it's been a hectic week for them. starting last wednesday, police began searching the residences of all these people. it kind of culminated basically yesterday when the peop