Husband detained in family killings

Police in Haiti have detained a man wanted for questioning in the slaying of his wife and their five children in Florida.

An Associated Press reporter saw Mesac Damas in custody at a police station near the Port-au-Prince airport Monday afternoon. Two officers confirmed it was him. They spoke on condition of anonymity because his capture had not been publicly announced.

Damas' wife and their five children, ages 9 years to 11 months, were found slain Saturday inside their apartment in Naples, Florida.

Police in Florida say Damas boarded a flight to Haiti from Miami International Airport on Friday. The Collier County Sheriff's Office in southwest Florida says the 33-year-old Damas is a person of interest in the slayings.

A child welfare worker visited a mother and her five children three days before they were found slain in their southwest Florida home and found nothing amiss.

Department of Children and Family records released by the agency Monday state a caseworker visited the family unannounced on Wednesday. Dinner was already cooked in the stove and the five children appeared in good health.

On Saturday, Collier County Sheriff's Office deputies entered the home after a relative filed a missing persons report. Guerline Damas, 32, and the children, ages 9 to 11 months, were found slain inside.

Deputies have called her husband, Mesac Damas, a person of interest in the case. Haitian police detained him Monday for questioning.