32yr Old man kills his 5children

A man from south Carolina was arrested on child neglect charges after his five young children were discovered dead in Alabama. The Lexington County, South Carolina, Sheriff's Department said it had obtained an arrest warrant for Timothy Jones on a charge of unlawful neglect of a child, with additional more counts pending. Mississippi authorities said in a news release Tuesday night that the 32-year-old father of five was already in custody in Raleigh, Mississippi, after being detained Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence. They said Jones' SUV was towed and upon inspection of the vehicle, evidence of a crime was found. They said further investigation led them to the children's bodies. The victims, between the ages of two and eight, were found stuffed into garbage bags today near a logging road in Alabama after their father confessed to killing them and led police to the scene, authorities said. Jones did not reveal a motive for the killings, which took place in South Carolina. He then allegedly dumped the bodies in Alabama. ‘I’m a father of two, and I can't imagine what goes through a man's head when he does this,’ Smith County Sheriff Charlie Crumpton said. ‘It was a horrible, horrible crime.’ Scroll down for video Horrific find: Jones led police to the children's bodies wrapped in plastic bags and dumped on a dirt road near the Oak Hill area in rural area southwestern Alabama Horrific find: Jones led police to the children's bodies wrapped in plastic bags and dumped on a dirt road near the Oak Hill area in rural area southwestern Alabama Crime scene: Authorities gather in a fielded area surrounded by trees in Camden, Alabama Crime scene: Authorities gather in a fielded area surrounded by trees in Camden, Alabama A helicopter flies over the scene on Tuesday in Wilcox County, Alabama A helicopter flies over the scene on Tuesday in Wilcox County, Alabama The children, whose names have not been released, were reported missing from their home near Lexington by their mother on September 3, the Lexington County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. Jones had joint custody of the children with his ex-wife and was their primary legal custodian, the Lexington County Sheriff's Office said. He came clean about the killings to authorities in Smith County, Mississippi, after he was pulled over Saturday at a driver's license checkpoint and arrested on charges of DUI and possession of a controlled substance, Crumpton said. The children were found just after 4.40pm in a rural area in southwestern Alabama, about 50 miles southwest of Montgomery, Crumpton said. ‘This is a very tragic situation,’ Wilcox County, Alabama, District Attorney Michael Jackson said. ‘These kids' lives were snuffed out before they had a chance to enjoy life. Justice will be served.’ Police have not released details on how the children died. Lexington County Coroner Earl Wells was arranging for the children's bodies to be taken back to South Carolina for autopsies and identification Tuesday night, sheriff's officials said.