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Published 11:07 25 Apr 2026 GMT
A quiet Alabama community has been rocked after a mother, her pregnant teenage daughter and her 12-year-old son were found murdered inside their Wilmer home in what authorities described as a savage crime.
Per Fox 10, Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said deputies responded to the home just after 2:30AM and found the three victims in separate rooms with their hands tied behind their backs.
The victims were identified as 46-year-old Lisa Gail Fields, who was stabbed, 17-year-old Keziah Arionna Luker, who was shot, and 12-year-old Thomas Cordelle Jr., whose throat was cut and who was nearly decapitated.
“It was a brutal scene,” Burch said, per Fox News.
An 18-month-old child was found unharmed inside the home, while investigators believe more than one person may have been involved because the victims had been subdued. Authorities also said the home was left in disarray, leading investigators to believe the suspects may have been searching for something.
Investigators say the violence points to a calculated attack.
“The mother was stabbed, the 17-year-old was shot, and the 12-year-old’s throat was cut as was the mom,” Burch said. “It tells me that they had a plan coming in to bring zip ties or flex cuffs with them so they had a plan.”
Burch also told reporters, “At this point, we don’t suspect any kind of domestic or family-type situation.”
He added, “If you’ve got a beef with an adult… there’s nothing worth killing over, but to murder two children brutally… I hope and feel comfortable we’ll have this animal or animals off the streets soon.”
The discovery was triggered after the father-to-be, who works offshore, became concerned when he could not reach Luker after seeing her cell phone activated on Life 360, according to the sheriff. Another family member then went to the home and found all three victims.
Burch said investigators currently have “positive leads” in the case.
Authorities said Luker was seven or eight months pregnant, and the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office will determine whether the death of her unborn child could lead to an additional murder charge once a suspect is arrested.
Investigators believe multiple people may have taken part in the killings, citing how the victims were restrained.
Luker had recently received her GED, according to her father, who shared an emotional tribute to his daughter.
“It’s a senseless murder,” he said.
“She was a bubble of sunshine. A person that makes you smile; a person that’ll make you laugh whenever you’re down. She had empathy for everybody. She loved her brothers; she loved her mom; she loved all of us.”
Authorities have not announced any arrests, but the sheriff made clear investigators are pursuing leads as the case moves forward.
With three family members killed in a scene investigators described as horrifying, the search for those responsible remains active, while officials continue piecing together what led to the killings.
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