HUDSON, Fla. (AP) - A Florida home, owned by a Nesquehoning family, was part of a grizzly murder this week, while the victims and suspect also have ties to the Lehigh Valley area.

On Thursday, Pasco sheriff's deputies were checking on the family, identified through search warrants obtained by both The Tampa Tribune and Tampa Bay Times as Margaret and Greg Brown; and their 27-year-old daughter, Megan, all formerly of the Lehigh Valley, but no one was home. The Browns currently rent the Hudson home from Tara and Ben Cellini of Nesquehoning.Deputies noticed a bad odor in the area and about three-quarters of a mile down the street found the bodies of two men and two women identified through the search warrant as the Browns, as well as another man, Nicholas Leonard in a pile in a grassy area out in the open with birds circling overhead. The bodies had apparently lain unseen for several days in the working-class neighborhood with houses big and small that abuts canals leading to the Gulf of Mexico.On Friday, police swarmed the historic Floridan Palace Hotel in Tampa and arrested Adam Matos, 28, who had dated the Browns' daughter and also has ties to the Lehigh Valley, for his suspected role in the killings.Police arrested Matos after tricking him into leaving his room where he was staying with a 4-year-old autistic boy who police believe is his son. Matos had checked in under his real name.Results were pending of a DNA test that would determine whether Matos is the father of the boy, Ismael Tristan Santisteban.He denied killing the victims or knowing who did. Officials said an investigator who specializes in talking to autistic children was interviewing Ismael. They were not sure whether he might have witnessed the killings.After Matos' arrest, the boy seemed fine, said Jane Castor, Tampa's police chief.The victimsMatos is the only suspect in the deaths the Browns.Pasco deputies declined to release the names pending the conclusion of autopsies; but the search warrant obtained by news outlets revealed that it was the Browns and Leonard. All recently lived in the Lehigh Valley, as did Matos.Margaret and Greg Brown owned a Lehigh Valley kennel that had recently lost its license for employing a man who had once been convicted of animal cruelty at another kennel, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.Tara Cellini said the couple and their daughter abruptly moved south a few months ago, saying "they were just tired of all the work up here and they wanted to go down there to slow their lives down and enjoy their lives."She also said the family had trouble with Matos.Detectives released only a few details about what specific evidence ties Matos to the slayings. Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco did say Matos had been seen in the Hudson area recently and quickly became a suspect.In troublewith the lawCourt records in Pennsylvania show Matos had been arrested numerous times for harassment, theft, burglary, trespassing, assault and driving under the influence. He pleaded guilty to some of the charges, and others appear to have been dismissed.He is due in a Hillsborough County court Saturday to face a charge of aggravated assault related to an incident on Aug. 28, when the boy was last seen at his home. His mother called police and said Matos had threatened her with a knife and then fled, said Nocco. She told investigators she was scared of Matos, but authorities could not find him.Associated Press reporter Michael Rubinkam in Allentown, Pennsylvania, contributed to this report.