A former Parkland High School student suspected of killing four people in Florida and dumping their bodies in a roadside ditch, was arrested Sept. 6.

Adam Matos, 28, of 7719 Hatteras Drive, Hudson, Fla., formerly of Orefield, was apprehended Sept. 5 at the Floridan Palace Hotel in downtown Tampa, where he fled with whom he says is his son, Ismael "Tristian" Santisteban, 4, named after a man who lived with Megan Brown several years ago at Hidden Hill Farm, Heidelberg Township.

"He was apprehended by members of our SWAT team and by the Tampa Police Department," Kevin Doll, community relations director for the Pasco Sheriff's office emailed The Press. "Matos is the main suspect in the deaths of Megan Brown, 27; her parents Margaret and Gregory Brown, both 52; and Megan's boyfriend, Nicholas Leonard, 37."

Doll said after receiving a report no one in the family had been seen in a week, authorities conducted a welfare check on the family.

He stated the four bodies were found about a half-mile north of the home where they were living.

"Circling birds and the smell of decomposition led deputies to the bodies of Leonard and the Brown family," Doll emailed.

Doll emailed that police had been to the Brown home a week earlier when Matos allegedly threaten Megan Brown with a knife.

"We searched for him that day and subsequent days, but never made contact with him," Doll stated.

Margaret and Gregory Brown were the former owners of a kennel at their 6587 Central Road home in Heidelberg Township until early this summer when they vacated the property.

The Browns were using their property the last eight years for what Heidelberg Township ordinances deem a kennel, as reported in the July 31 edition of the Northwestern Press.

Bryan Smith, whom the family left in charge of the kennel, read to Heidelberg zoners July 21, a certified letter written by Margaret Brown stating her intentions in her absence.

Smith is friends with Derbe Eckhart, who was convicted of animal cruelty in 2010 after his Almost Heaven Kennel in Upper Milford Township was raided in 2008.

"Matos has not been charged with murder as of yet," Doll emailed.

He is being held in the Land O'Lakes jail where he was transferred Sept. 6 from the Hillsborough County Jail.

Bond was set at $200,000 for Matos, who was charged with aggravated assault.

According to Lehigh County court records, Matos, who has an adult record dating from 2005 through 2010, was a senior at Parkland High School in 2004.

Matos' son has been placed with family members out of state, Doll said in his email to The Press.