The 22-year-old relative of the three women, including a Jamaican, who were found stabbed to death in Queens, New York last week, has been charged.
Police say Jabari Burrell detailed how he killed his relatives, before stealing their 2004 Toyota Sienna and fleeing to Virginia.
Burrell was allegedly covered in blood when Virginia law enforcement took him into custody on Tuesday for driving a stolen car.
Police said, while in custody, he waived his Miranda rights.
Burrell is charged with three counts of murder in the first degree, three counts of murder in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon.
On Friday morning, a home health aide found 65-year-old Hyacinth Brown-Johnson, from Kingston, her daughter, 47-year-old Latoya Gordon, and her bedridden 26-year-old stepdaughter, Patrice Johnson, dead in their home.
Police say two of the victims were stabbed to death and one died from severe head trauma.
Burrell awaits extradition back to New York City.
A motive for the killings has not been established.
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