MIDLOTHIAN, Texas (AP) — The man charged in the killings of six people at an East Texas campsite had earlier befriended the victims and helped dislodge one of their vehicles from mud, a sheriff said Tuesday. 
 
 This undated photo provided by the Anderson County Sheriff's Office shows William Hudson. Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor said Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, that Hudson was arrested and charged in relation... (Associated Press) 
 
 William Hudson, 33, spent time with the group Saturday and then returned hours later and killed them all, though authorities have not said how, Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor said. Taylor declined to elaborate on the attack or a motive, but said Tuesday that there were "several different crime scenes." 
 
 The victims were part of a blended family that had come from as far away as California for a weekend together to camp on wooded land that 46-year-old Thomas Kamp had purchased in August, according to Steven Woodruff, who was Kamp's uncle. 
 
 The land was adjacent to property owned by Hudson and his family about 100 miles southeast of Dallas, Taylor said. 
 
 Kamp had lived for several years in Midlothian, south of Dallas, with Hannah Johnson, 40, and her 6-year-old son Kade. They were joined last weekend by Johnson's parents, Carl and Cynthia Johnson, and Kamp's two sons from a previous marriage, Nathan and Austin Kamp, who were California residents. The family also was celebrating Nathan Kamp's 24th birthday. 
 
 Cynthia Johnson escaped the attack and hid in woods before calling 911 for help. 
 
 "Nothing can describe the pain and sorrow of the remaining family members," Woodruff told reporters at a news conference on Tuesday afternoon. 
 
 Two of the victims were found by sheriff's deputies in a travel camper. The other bodies, including Kade's, were later pulled from a pond about a half-mile away. 
 
 "I've been in law enforcement for 31 years and I've never seen anything like this," Taylor said. 
 
 One of Hannah Johnson's friends, Michael Gilbert, said she grew up and attended school in Maine and later lived in suburban Boston before moving to Texas to be closer to her parents, who had retired there. 
 
 "She loved it down there and was really happy," he said in a phone interview, adding that she found a job she liked with an insurance company in Fort Worth. 
 
 Gilbert said she enjoyed camping and about a year ago bought an Airstream travel camper that she had long coveted. 
 
 It wasn't clear if two of the bodies found Sunday morning were discovered in that camper or one owned by Johnson's parents. 
 
 Hudson is charged with one count of murder, and more are pending. It was not clear whether Hudson, who's being held on $2.5 million bond at the Anderson County jail, had an attorney who could comment on the allegations. 
 
 Hudson was apprehended at his mother's house, next door to his own home. 
 
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 Stengle reported from Midlothian and Warren from Dallas. Associated Press writer Reese Dunklin in Dallas contributed to this report. Follow Warren on Twitter at http://twitter.com/WarrenJourno. 

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 Palestine Herald-Press photo/Jennifer Sheridan - A road leading to the site of a mass murder is blocked by a volunteer fire department truck. Six people were found murdered on the property outside Tennessee Colony. A suspect is in custody in connection with the deaths.
– William Hudson helped a family of seven get their vehicle unstuck from mud Saturday at an East Texas campsite and hung out with them for a bit, the AP reports. "Then something went wrong," Sheriff Greg Taylor tells the Corsicana Daily Sun. According to the AP, Hudson allegedly returned to the campsite hours later and murdered all but one of the family members. The victims were identified as 46-year-old Thomas Kamp; his partner Hannah Johnson, 40; her 6-year-old son, Kade; Kamp's two adult sons, Nathan and Austin; and Johnson's father, Carl, 77. The family members were camping on property purchased by Kamp in August and were celebrating Nathan Kamp's 24th birthday. Hudson lived next door. The Daily Sun reports the sole survivor is Johnson's mother, Cynthia, who ran into the woods and hid for hours before calling 911. "Apparently [Hudson] did not see her run away," Taylor says. "Thank God." Two bodies found in the family's camper had been shot to death. The other four bodies were found in a pond. Hudson, identified by Cynthia, was arrested at his mother's house nearby. The 33-year-old has a history of violence, but "nothing like this," says Taylor, who described the scene as "like a war movie." While police haven't commented on motive, Thomas Kamp's ex-wife has a theory: Carina Kamp says the land purchase didn't go over well with Hudson and suggests the murder was planned. Thomas Kamp bought the land from Hudson's father, who has since died, and Hudson was reportedly angry that Kamp locked the property to prevent access. She says Kamp last weekend found that Hudson had removed the lock and "regained possession," as the Palestine Herald-Press puts it. (In another high-profile murder case, police have released photos of a man suspected of killing a pastor's wife.)