Prosecutor: Police await ID of body found in connection with Pa. killings

PENNSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police searching for an ex-Marine suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives discovered a body in the woods near his suburban Philadelphia home today after a day-and-a-half manhunt.

Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said investigators were awaiting identification of the body. The cause of death was not disclosed.

Authorities said Bradley William Stone, a 35-year-old Iraq War veteran locked in a custody dispute with his ex-wife, went on a 90-minute shooting rampage before daybreak Monday at three homes a few miles apart.

As the manhunt dragged on, at least five schools within a few miles of Stone's Pennsburg home closed, and other schools were put on lockdown. Hospitals and other public places tightened security as SWAT teams and local, state and federal law enforcement swarmed across the area.

It was the second major manhunt to transfix Pennsylvania in recent months. Eric Frein spent 48 days on the run through the Poconos after the ambush slaying of a state trooper in September.