Killer still at large in Indiana deaths

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Investigators probing the fatal shootings of five people in rural southeastern Indiana said Tuesday that no suspects have been identified and that it appears the killer or killers wasn't among the dead.

Sgt. Jerry Goodin of the Indiana State Police confirmed for the first time Tuesday afternoon that authorities were viewing the crime as five murders and that the one or more shooters remains at large.

"There are no suspects or persons of interest in this case at this time," Goodin said.

The five victims, including four from one family, were found dead Sunday at two properties near the town of Laurel, about 50 miles southeast of Indianapolis. Police rushed to the scene after a passerby found a 4 -year-old girl walking along a country road.

"Right now the only one we know who escaped the crime scene is the child," Goodin said at a news conference in nearby Brookville. He would not provide any other information about the girl other than to say she was safe.