Warren relatives discover woman, 3 kids slain in house

The dead woman's mother and brother hadn't heard from them for a while.
COLUMBUS (AP) -- A woman discovered the bodies of her adult daughter and her three grandchildren Wednesday afternoon inside a home on the city's north side, police said.
All four had been shot.
"They had been there a while -- days, maybe even longer than that," Sgt. Eric Pilya said.
Police identified the victims as Jameila West, 28, and her daughter, Jamiere Erwin, 10, and sons Trever Williams, 6, and Jakia Howard, 3.
West's mother, Victoria, and brother, Lewis West, who live in Warren, about 140 miles northeast of Columbus, went to the house because they hadn't heard from West lately, police said.
Pilya wouldn't say whether a gun was found in the home or release other details about the crime, such as where in the home the bodies were found. Police did not name any suspects.
The bodies were discovered shortly before 5 p.m. and remained inside hours later as investigators milled about.
Watching the activity
Most neighbors on the block of closely spaced, two-story homes watched the police from their front porches. The road, which police had shut down, was full of cars from people who came to see what happened at the house on the corner.
Neighbors said they rarely saw West or the children in the year or so since they had moved in. West occasionally was seen mowing or watering the modest lawn or sitting on the front porch.
"Nobody around here knew these people. To be honest with you, she never even came across the street," said Clarion Tyson, 53, who has lived on the street for 17 years.
Many killings
The older, working-class neighborhood known as North Linden, which includes a commercial section of one of the city's major roads, has had many killings over the past year, including two last week. A 16-year-old boy was shot standing outside a relative's house, and a man was charged with shooting a woman police say he was arguing with.
"It's not the neighborhood -- it's the people that have moved in," said former resident Wilma Dunlap, 51, who lived in the area for 20 years before moving to another part of the city. Dunlap said she went to the scene Wednesday to make sure the victims weren't anyone she knew.