A heartless man who brutally murdered a husband and wife has been caught after he returned to kill their young daughter.
Drew Atchison, 24 (pictured), has been accused of murdering a Wayne County, Missouri couple and their young daughter
A Missouri man who brutally murdered a couple before returning to kill their 17-month-old daughter has been caught and charged Monday with three counts of first-degree murder and other crimes.
The sad incident happened in rural southeast Missouri,
Dailymail reported. Authorities identified the victims as Samara Fontaine Kitts, 23, her 24-year-old boyfriend Harley Michael Million, and their 17-month-old daughter Willa Fontaine Million.
Drew Atchison, 24, of Williamsville, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, armed criminal action and child kidnapping. He is jailed and does not yet have a listed attorney.
Court documents obtained by KFVS-TV said Atchison confessed to the killings. The documents listed no motive, but Facebook shows that Atchison and Million attended the same high school.
Deputies said in the court documents that Atchison fatally stabbed the adults Thursday at their home in Wayne County. He allegedly put the bodies in the back of Million's truck and left the child alone overnight, locking her in a room with dogs.
The bodies of Samara Kitts, 23 (left); Harley Million, 24 (right); and their 17-month-old baby girl Willa (center)
were found on Monday buried underneath blankets and trash
On Friday, according to court documents, Atchison returned to the home, destroyed evidence, then took the child as he drove Million's truck to neighboring Butler County. The documents said he threw the knife used in the killings in the woods.
Atchison fatally shot the child and buried her with her parents beneath blankets and trash, the court document said. He then hid the truck in a carport near his home.
The bodies were found Monday, a day after relatives alerted police that the family had not been seen for several days.
A relative of the victims said in a statement that Kitts and Million weren't married but had been together for eight years and were 'amazing parents to Willa.'
'They were a loving family and amazing parents to Willa. They weren't married, but they had been together for the last eight years, since high school. They both have large families who love them very much and a large circle of life-long friends,' the statement read.