Suspect charged in connection with four deaths in Pennsylvania AN Allentown, Pennsylvania, man was charged today in the stabbing deaths of four people in Northampton, Pennsylvania. The Morning Call said Michael Eric Ballard, 36, was charged with four counts of criminal homicide. Three bodies were found yesterday in the living room of the Northampton home - about 150km west of New York - and a fourth was found in the basement, Lehighvalleylive.com reported. Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli described the scene as "very bloody." "I've been DA 18 years, and I've never seen anything like this in my life," Mr Morganelli said. MMr organelli said the bodies of the Northampton victims were found after a car crashed in a wooded area. Police said a man involved in the car wreck told officers about the stabbings while he was held in custody. The house was owned by Denise Merhi, who lived there with Dennis Marsh, her father, and Alvin Marsh, her grandfather, The Morning Call reported. One of the victims had been identified as Ms Merhi's next-door neighbour Steven Zernhelt, 53, who was believed to have intervened when he heard screams at the property. Court records showed that Ballard pleaded guilty in 1992 to homicide for the stabbing death of an Allentown man and was sentenced to 10-20 years in state prison.