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William Hudson,
33, was charged with six counts of capital murder. No motive has
been released for the killings.Carl Johnson, 76, and his
daughter Hannah Johnson, 40, were found shot to death in a
travel trailer on private property in Palestine, 100 miles (160
km) southeast of Dallas, according to an arrest report.Police
said the land belonged to Hannah's boyfriend Thomas Kamp, 46,
whose body was found submerged in a pond behind Hudson's
residence along with Hannah's 6-year-old son, Kade, and Kamp's
two sons, Austin, 21, and Nathan, 23.Hudson, whose family owns
the property adjacent to the campsite, befriended the group
during the weekend and helped pull a vehicle out of the mud with
his tractor, according to police.The tractor was later found
with blood stains on it, the arrest report said."There are no
adequate words to truly describe this horrific and senseless
act," Anderson County district attorney Allyson Mitchell said in
a statement. "Six members of two different, yet joined families
are gone." Johnson's wife, Cynthia, survived the killings by
hiding in the woods for several hours before she was able to
call for help and describe the suspect to officers, police
said.Hudson's bond is currently set at $2.5 million, according
to jail records. It was not immediately clear if he had retained
an attorney.
(Reporting by Lisa Maria Garza; Editing by Dan Whitcomb and
Sandra Maler)
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