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Bail set at $7 million for suspect in 7 Sioux City slayingsRyan McWorth, 8, kneels in front of the home Saturday in Sioux City where Leticia Aguilar and her five children were found slain Thursday night. Rowers, candles, prayer plaques and stuffed animals have been left in remembrance in front of the home. Ryan was a classmate of Lisa Saldana, one of the murdered children.Hammer was used to bludgeon mom,5 children and manSIOUX CITY (AP) Bail was set at $7 million Saturday for a man accused of killing seven people, including his girlfriend and her five children who were bludgeoned to death in their sleep with a hammer.Adam Matthew Moss, 23, stared at the floor or his hands as he appeared before Woodbury County District Judge John Nelson.Seven first-degree murder accusations were detailed in complaints tiled by county prosecutors,who said formal charges would be filed this week. If convicted of a single first-degree murder charge,Moss would face life in prison; Iowa does not have the death penalty.No motive was given for the killings.Moss showed no reaction in court and never raised his eyes.The judge said Moss is accused of going into the home of his girlfriend, Leticia Aguilar, lateMonday or early Tuesday, while she and her children were sleep ing.He is accused of beating each of the children to death with a hanv mer while they slept, then going to Aguilar’s room, cutting her throat and beating her in the face with a hammer. Nelson said.The bodies of Aguilar, 31, and Claudia Saldana, 12; Zach Saldana, 11; Larry Saldana, 9; Lisa Saldana, 7; and Michael Aguilar, 6, were found Thursday evening by a baby sitter who dropped by to see why the children had failed to show up at her home after school.About the same time, the body■ Turn to 16A: MurdersAdamMatthewMossAppeared in court
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Sun, Sep 02, 2001
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