Five Found Dead in Minn. Home

L I N O  L A K E S, Minn., Oct. 20 -- Five people were found slain at a househere today, and authorities were searching for the 28-year-oldbrother of one of the victims.

Police said the victims were a man, a woman and three children.They would not confirm ages or identities. Neighbors and a socialworker said the children were a 12-year-old boy, a 9-year-old girlwith spina bifida and a 1-year-old boy with a developmentaldisability.

Police identified the suspect as Lawrence Scott Dame, 28, aformer prison inmate who had recently been released from the AnokaCounty jail, where he was being held for allegedly stealing one ofthe family’s cars.

Police Chief Dave Pecchia refused to confirm media reports thatthe fugitive was related to one of the victims, but an Anoka Countysocial worker who had worked with the family confirmed that thewoman killed was Dame’s sister.

“As soon as I heard—family of five, Chippewa Trail—I knewher brother’s name was going on the (TV) screen,” said the woman,who asked that her name be withheld while Dame was free. “I wasn’tsurprised.”

Search is OnPecchia said the victims were a family, but he didn’t know therelationship between them. Authorities would not say how thevictims died.

Dame was described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 150 poundswith short hair. Dame should be considered armed and dangerous, theAnoka County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. He may have beendriving a car that belonged to the victims, a gold 1999 Saturnstation wagon with Minnesota license DDY 957. Anyone who sees sucha car was asked to contact the sheriff’s office at (763) 427-1212.

Police said they had some leads, but Dame remained at largetonight.

“We’re getting several calls that we’re following up on now,”Pecchia said tonight.

Recent DisturbancesPolice had been called to the house twice recently fordisturbances involving Dame, once for theft and once for a“domestic-related” situation, Pecchia said.