Two San Diego County brothers were among those killed at a Texas campsite over the weekend, their mother told NBC 7.
Nathan and Austin Kamp were camping with their family about 100 miles southeast of Dallas when they and four others were slain by William Hudson, 33, according to Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor.
Taylor would not give a motive or say how the victims were killed, only that there were “several different crime scenes,” according to NBC 5 in Dallas-Fort Worth. The family was celebrating Nathan’s 24th birthday on their father's recently purchased land.
The Kamps died with their father, Thomas, who lived for several years in Midlothian, south of Dallas. His girlfriend Hannah Johnson, her 6-year-old son Kade and her father Carl were among those killed.
Only Johnson’s mother Cynthia escaped by hiding in the woods before calling 911.
Nathan and Austin’s mother Carina Lujambio told NBC 7 her boys were living in Oceanside before their deaths. Both attended Carlsbad High School but moved to Texas before graduation.
They had recently returned to San Diego County after their parents’ separation.
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Sheriff Taylor said the suspect, William Hudson, had befriended the family and even helped them get one of their vehicles out of the mud before the rampage. He was arrested at his mother’s house, which sits next door to his own.
Hudson is facing one count of murder at this time, though more charges are pending. It’s unclear if he has obtained an attorney to comment on these allegations.
