Pasco County sheriff's deputies were checking the Hudson, Florida
home of 4-year-old Ismael Santisteban when they came across the
bodies of two adult men and two adult women stacked on top of each
other nearby, Sheriff Chris Nocco said.
"One of our sergeants saw something, smelled something that was very
suspicious. At that time he saw there was numerous bodies piled up
on each other," Nocco told a news conference.
The Tampa Bay Times reported that officers noticed birds circling
above where the bodies were found.
Police were continuing their hunt for the child.
An amber alert issued for Santisteban, who has been missing since
Aug. 28 and has special medical needs, stated that he could be with
his 28-year-old father, Adam Matos.
Nocco said that deputies visited the home a week before in response
to a reported domestic disturbance.
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Hudson is located 44 miles (71 kilometers) north of Tampa.
(The story was refiled to remove typo from "Florida" in lede
paragraph)
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco)
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