Thanksgiving Killer Paul Michael Merhige Arrested in Florida Keys Photo

Authorities have arrested a Florida man suspected of gunning down four of his family members on Thanksgiving, a Monroe County sheriff’s spokeswoman said Saturday.
Paul Michael Merhige, 35, was arrested in Monroe Countyby U.S. Marshals Saturday night, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Becky Herrin.
Authorities said Merhige attended a holiday gathering when he shot several members of his family.
Merhige’s twin sisters Carla Merhige and Lisa Knight, 33, and Raymonde Joseph, 76, were killed, along with his 6-year-old cousin Makayla Sitton, police said.
Authorities said Knight was pregnant. Two others — Patrick Knight and Clifford Gebara — were wounded, police said.
Interviews with family members suggest that Merhige “had ongoing resentment” for some of his relatives, police said.
Jim Sitton, father of 6-year-old Makayla, who was killed, told CNN affiliate WPTV late Saturday that he would “sleep a little better tonight.”
“I won’t be patrolling my house with a shotgun, looking for the monster. … I’ve been in protective mode,” he said. “This doesn’t bring Makayla back. I’m not jumping for joy. Her room is still empty. But the monster is in a cage now.”
Sitton said police told him Merhige was captured at a hotel in the Florida Keys, which are a part of Monroe County, more than 200 miles from Jupiter.
Merhige faces four counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder, the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office has said.
In December, the Marshals added Merhige to their list of the top 15 most-wanted fugitives, and a $25,000 reward was offered for information leading to his arrest.
The agency also released some distinguishing characteristics about Merhige, saying he was known to either fake or display symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder, such as frequent bathing and shaving, and difficulty making decisions. He also had faked or displayed symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, and taken several prescription drugs for the ailments.