Loyal Hayes accused of killing John and Joseph Hooker, putting bodies in shopping cart

By Justin Kendall, Wednesday, Jun. 2 2010 @ 3:24PM

Updated (3:24 p.m. June 2 from original story on 7 a.m. June 1): A witness told police that Loyal R. Hayes invited John and Joseph Hooker to his mother's house at 4511 Monroe so he could rob and kill them.

But Hayes, 23, was allegedly worried about getting blood inside his mother's house, the witness claimed. So he took the Hooker brothers outside. But there were too many people outside. So he took them to the basement where he allegedly shot them multiple times. He then wrapped their bodies in garbage bags and stuffed them in a shopping cart, which he left behind a home at 4501 Askew last Thursday

Hayes is now charged with two counts of murder and two counts of armed criminal action in the deaths of John Hooker, 21, and Joseph Hooker, 19.

A call to the TIPS Hotline led police to the bodies behind a home. From there, detectives followed a trail of blood drops all the way to a duplex at 4511 Monroe. Inside the duplex' basement, they found two spent bullets and a blood trail leading up the stairs and out of the home's back door. They also found duct tape and several garbage bags.

The witness told police that Hayes wasn't responsible for burning the victims' car. A second witness told police that she helped Hayes' two brothers burn it.

In an interview with police on May 28, Hayes claimed he had no idea who killed the Hooker brothers. Hayes reasoned that sometimes his family leaves the backdoor of their home unlocked, so someone could have sneaked in and killed them.

Asked about the witness who claimed he'd told her that he robbed and killed John and Joseph Hooker, Hayes claimed "he was being held captive and did not admit any involvement in the murders to her."

Hayes is being held on $1 million bond.

From: http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2010/06/loyal_hayes_accused_of_killing_john_and_joseph_hooker_putting_bodies_in_shopping_cart.php