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Person of interest sought in deaths of 9-year-old twins, caregiver

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Deandra Marquis Lee (Source: Alabama Bureau of Investigation) Deandra Marquis Lee (Source: Alabama Bureau of Investigation)
Tuesday, the Lowndes County Sheriff's Department discovered the bodies of 73-year-old Jack Mac Girdner of Hope Hull, AL, and 9-year-old twins Jordan and Taylor Dejerinett on a dirt road off Alabama 21, near Hayneville. Tuesday, the Lowndes County Sheriff's Department discovered the bodies of 73-year-old Jack Mac Girdner of Hope Hull, AL, and 9-year-old twins Jordan and Taylor Dejerinett on a dirt road off Alabama 21, near Hayneville.
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LOWNDES COUNTY, AL (WTVM) -

The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is investigating a triple homicide in Lowndes County involving the missing 9-year-old twins from Montgomery. 

Tuesday, the Lowndes County Sheriff's Department discovered the bodies of 73-year-old Jack Mac Girdner of Hope Hull, AL, and 9-year-old twins Jordan and Taylor Dejerinett on a dirt road off Alabama 21, near Hayneville. Girdner was the twins' caregiver and a family friend. 

Meanwhile, ABI agents said they need the public's help finding a person of interest who is wanted for questioning, 22-year-old Deandra Marquis Lee. 

He is described as a black man, around 5'6", and weighing 175 pounds. Investigators included in their press release Wednesday evening that Lee is considered armed and dangerous.

If you have any information on his whereabouts, please call the ABI's office at (800) 392-8011 to leave an anonymous tip or call any local law enforcement agency. 

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