Guy Heinze Jr.'s voice trembled and broke as he told a 911 operator: "I got home just now and my whole family's dead."
Heinze, 22, told a Glynn County 911 operator just before 8 a.m. Saturday that he found seven people dead in a mobile home.
Heinze said his father, uncle and cousins were among the dead. Later in the 13-minute call, he pleaded with a 911 operator to send help for a cousin whose face is "smashed in" but is still breathing.
When authorities arrived, two victims were found alive in the New Hope Plantation mobile home park off U.S. Highway 17. They were airlifted to a Savannah hospital, where 19-year-old Michael Toler died on Sunday.
Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering has not released any other names, but Channel 4 has put together a list of victims from neighbors and other sources:
Rusty Toler Sr., Rusty Toler Jr., Brenda Toler, 15-year-old Michelle Toler, along with Chrissy (last name unknown), her child and her boyfriend, Joe (last name unknown).
Doering did say police believe the killer was not among the dead and injured.
At a news conference Monday afternoon, Doering released little new information, other than the fact that the FBI and U.S. Marshal's Service were brought in to assist local and state agencies and the search for physical evidence expanded to a "large scale evidence recovery" operation.
Doering said he hoped to be able to release the names of the victims on Tuesday afternoon.
Doering still would not say how they died -- saying that was part of the investigation -- but Heinze can be heard on the 911 recording released Monday morning, "It looks like they were beaten to death."
Cousins of the victims spoke out Monday night.
"It is hard to believe," said Kimberly Hutcheson, a cousin of some of the victims. "(The family is) taking it hard. They just can't believe it happened. It's really scary. We don't even know whether to come to the door when somebody knocks."
"I'm really kind of scared to say anything because you never know who it might be," said Nancy Teston, a cousin of some of the victims. "You don't know where they might live. They could be your next door neighbor as far as that goes."
Hours after the bodies were found, Heinze, 22, was arrested on charges of lying to police, tampering with evidence and illegal possession of prescription drugs and marijuana.
Asked if Heinze was involved in the slayings, Doering said: "I'm not going to rule him out, but I'm not going to characterize him as a suspect."
More than 48 hours after the bodies were found, Doering said he knows that people in the community want to know more.
"I never said I can't tell you, I just said that I won't. I understand their frustration; I appreciate your frustration, as well of others, but this is a very difficult investigation," Doering said. "We, too, are frustrated."
Neighbors in the mobile home community built on an old plantation near the Glynn-Macintosh county line were shocked at the crime and worried that the authorities don't know who did it.
"I think it's a tragic situation to have a family actually assassinated," neighbor Ronald Layfield said. "I hope they get the culprit very soon."
The chief said police are certain they know what happened, but don't know who committed the slayings or why, saying, "It's not a scene that I would want anybody to see."
Investigators spent Sunday scouring for new evidence at the home, where an old boat sat in the front yard. Officers on all-terrain vehicles searched roadsides within two miles of the mobile home park for evidence, without success.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation conducted autopsies Sunday on the first four victims and the other four were scheduled on Monday. GBI spokesman John Bankhead said results would be released by Glynn County police.
A reward of $25,000 was offered in the case over the weekend. On Monday, the mobile home park added another $10,000, bringing the reward to $35,000. Anyone with information is asked to call the Glynn County Police Department's Silent Witness number: 912-264-1333.
Because at least two of the victims were school age, Glynn County schools made grief counselors available at all elementary, middle and high schools.
"Anytime there's a situation like this -- a tragic situation in the community -- those things spill over to the school," Glynn County schools spokesman Jim Weidhass said. "The school is part of the community and we're going to be there for our students."
A fund was set up to pay funeral expenses for the victims. Anyone interested in helping can donate to the Toler Funeral Fund at Southeastern Bank, account number 1010026390.
