Amid a grim search in Pasco County, Florida, deputies discovered human remains on a property in Hudson during their hunt for a family reported missing last week, as WESH reported. The obliterated tapestry of peace for the Hudson community has been further torn as the sheriff's office confirmed the arrest of 25-year-old Rory Atwood on a first-degree murder charge, linked to the found remains.

Family members Rain Mancini, 26, Phillip Zilliot II, 25, and their children, Karma Zilliot, 6, and Phillip Zilliot III, 5, were last seen on Nottingham Trail and despite the intimate details yet to be publicly disclosed the connection between Atwood and the Zilliot family has been unearthed as he was a former roommate; deputies indicated that items belonging to the missing family were found within Atwood’s residence, suggesting a narrative far from over according to details obtained by WFLA.

Sgt. Michael Rosa revealed that the sheriff’s office is continuing to scour the 10-acre property looking for more evidence, a process involving substantial resources; the scale of the investigation is vast, implementing various sophisticated methods to peel back the layers of this crime, however, Sgt. Rosa did not delve into the specifics of these investigative techniques as reported by WESH.

Further unsettling details of the case have emerged from a friend who claimed to have received a call from Atwood stating he had shot someone, and subsequent actions only contributing to the gravity of suspicion hovering like an unrelenting fog over him, the suspect brought his daughter to her mother's house and neither the smell of chlorine nor the presence of human remains detected by cadaver dogs can thin the mystery, according to statements made by Sheriff Chris Nocco and recounted by NBC Miami.