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Suspect Arrested in Murder of Woman, Four Children

By AP/KWMU

St. Louis, MO – The boyfriend of a St. Louis area woman killed last week along with her three children was arrested Thursday in Kentucky.

The U.S. Marshals Service says 40-year-old Leonard Sheldon Taylor was arrested around midday Thursday.

Police had been watching a home in Madisonville, Kentucky, where a friend of Taylor's lives.

The friend was driving a car with Taylor hiding in the backseat when officers from several departments converged and made the arrest without incident.

Taylor is suspected of killing 28-year-old Angela Rowe, her daughters Alexus and Aqura and son Tyrese.

The girls were ages 10 and 6, and the boy was 5.

All were found dead December 3 in their Jennings home.

Authorities say Taylor has a long criminal record and is wanted for a murder in California.

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