Officials Identify Victims in Hattiesburg Double, Possible Triple, Murder

Officials say 49 year old Alesia Twillie and her pregnant 26 year old daughter, Anjelica Twillie, were found dead Monday morning inside a home on Dabbs Street.

Hattiesburg police say they try to arrest a man inside a home, but he later escaped. They are questioning several people.

The family and the community gathered nearby. The family says the two women were shot, and the daughter was shot five times in the face.

Family members also say the daughter already had a 2-year old son who was inside the home when the murders took place. They say he was not harmed.