{Carl, West Virginia}...West Virginia State Police arrested James Roy Belknap Monday afternoon for the murders of Steven Hendrix, his children, four year old Kaylee Hendrix, six year old Dakota Hendrix, and Steven's girlfriend, Amber Martin. Police found Belknap at a checkpoint along Brushy Creek Road as a passenger in a pickup truck driven by Mark Haynes, 53, of Leviasy. Haynes was arrested and charged with accessory to murder after the fact. The victims had been missing from Greenbrier County since May 19th. On Friday, Nicholas County Sheriff's deputies were alerted about an abandoned van off Brushy Meadow Creek Road near the community of Carl. The condition of the vehicle indicated foul play. A search warrant was issued, and troopers found all four bodies Saturday evening nearly a mile from where the van was located. The bodies have been sent to the Charleston medical examiner's office for an autopsy. In 2005, Belknap and his father, Kenneth, were indicted on murder charges accusing them of killing Richard Barnell and then burning his body. Kenneth Belknap denied that his son was ever involved in the murder. In 2007, James Belknap struck a plea deal where the murder charges against him were dropped and he was sent to prison for two years on drug charges.
