A SUSPECT in the murder of four people had a chilling connection to the married couple and two others who were killed, it has been revealed.
David Nathaniel Maine, 24, lived inside the home with the victims before he was arrested on four counts of second-degree murder.
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The charges stem from October 17, when cops found two men and two women dead in different areas of a home.
Family members of victims Kelly Sotelo, 42, and her husband, Miguel Duran Flores, 44, told WUSA9 that the couple were introduced to their alleged killer by Kelly's son.
Maine had been renting a room in their Virginia home for the past eight months and the couple treated him like a son, family members said.
"My sister never had issues with him," Kelly's sister Ketty Felipe Baltazar said.
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"No fights, no threats, nothing like that.
"He didn't have issues with my nephew or my niece. I do not know what led him to commit this murder."
Kelly's niece, Helen Felipe, said of her aunt: "She would take anyone in."
She added that Maine would keep to himself during family gatherings, even when they all attempted to include him.
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Kelley's daughter Karrie Sotelo, 19, and Richard Revollar-Corrales, 37, who was renting a room in the home, were also allegedly killed by Maine.
"She was a very loving girl. A girl with pure heart. A clean heart. She was gentle and kind," an aunt said of Karrie.
Victor Sotelo, Karrie's biological father, is heartbroken and focusing on helping his two other children.
"We are trying to help them," an aunt said.
"We have sought out a counselor for them so that they can process everything that has happened."
Maine was charged with four counts of murder and two counts of use of a firearm in commission of a felony, police said.
He is being held without bond.
The son who introduced Maine to his parents also lived at the home, according to WUSA9.
Police have said an altercation "occurred inside the home."
After the incident, Maine left the home and called 911 to report that someone had been shot, police said.
Officers located Maine near the home when they arrived and found three of the four victims shot inside the home.
Cops have not revealed how Karrie was killed.
"The initial claims made by the suspect were unsubstantiated," police said.
A GoFundMe has been started for Karrie's funeral.
"Karrie was a wonderful person who touched the lives of those around her," it reads.
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"She was a wonderful daughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend.
"At 19 years old, she was young and had her whole future ahead of her. She was sadly taken after an act of violence."
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