Father expected to be charged with murdering his 5 children

Projected on the screen during a news conference are photographs of the five children of Timothy Jones, ages 1-8, whose bodies were found outside Camden, Ala. Jones is being held in the children’s deaths. (Gerry Melendez / McClatchy-Tribune)

Sept. 10, 2014 2:09 PM PT

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Officials in South Carolina believe the children had been dead for days as their father drove with their bodies.

Authorities gather Tuesday in Camden, Ala., where Timothy Ray Jones Jr. is suspected of leaving his five children in a rural area. (Brynn Anderson / Associated Press)

A group of investigators gather under a light near the crime scene on Sept. 9 in Camden, Ala. (Brynn Anderson / Associated Press)

A view of the property and home of Timothy Ray Jones in Redbank, S.C. Authorities expect to charge Jones in connection with the deaths of his five children after he led officers to a secluded clearing in Alabama where their bodies lay wrapped in individual garbage bags. (Richard Shiro / Associated Press)