BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- A man police say is a suspect in connection with the deaths of three women in North Royalton was taken into custody early Tuesday morning after a standoff of more than eight hours. 
 
 The 45-year-old suspect was led out of a house in Brunswick just before 5:30 a.m. 
 
 Brunswick Police Lt. Robert Safran said police subdued the man, who was armed with a handgun, with a Taser after gaining entry to the house through the unlocked front door. 
 
 "That was some good work by our tactical officers," Safran said. 
 
 The standoff at the home in the 3300 block of Valley Forge Drive began at about 9 p.m. after officers became aware that the man was at the home. The owner of the home, a female, was able to walk out unharmed. 
 
 The suspect refused to leave the home for more than eight hours, and officers could be heard talking to him through a loudspeaker beginning at about 2:30 a.m. 
 
 Residents on the street were told by police to remain in their homes during the standoff. A section of Valley Forge was blocked off as the standoff continued. 
 
 Police say the suspect is wanted for questioning in the deaths of Suzanne Taylor, 45, and her daughters Taylor Pifer, 21, and Kylie Pifer, 18, who were found dead Sunday evening at their North Royalton home. 
 
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 NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio - The man suspected of killing a North Royalton mother and her two daughters as well as a Lake Township couple is in police custody facing murder charges. 
 
 George C. Brinkman, Jr., 45, of Brunswick was being held by North Royalton Police Tuesday afternoon. Brinkman was taken into custody after a nearly 9 hour standoff in Brunswick that ended around 5:30 a.m. 
 
 North Royalton Police Detective Dave Loeding said Brinkman is suspected in the murders of Suzanne Taylor, 45, and her daughters Taylor Pifer, 21, and Kylie Pifer, 18, whose bodies were discovered in their Ridge Road home Sunday. 
 
 Stark County Sheriff George Maier said Brinkman is facing murder charges in the shooting deaths of Rogell Eugene John II, 71, and his wife, Roberta Ray John, 64, discovered at a home on Mt. Pleasant NE in Lake Township Monday afternoon. 
 
 Loeding said the three women killed in North Royalton were found on a bed, and Taylor's throat had been cut with a knife. He said there were no outward signs of a cause of death of her daughters. 
 
 "I'm just devastated. I don't understand it. I don't understand why somebody would do something like this," said Marcia Taylor, mother of Suzanne Taylor. 
 
 Relatives told Fox 8 News that Brinkman and Taylor both graduated from Valley Forge High School and were longtime friends but were not romantically involved. 
 
 "Suzy thought he was actually really a friend. We had meals together, he spent holidays here, I mean, he was a friend, so I don't know what made him so angry," Taylor said. 
 
 Taylor's brother, Ken Taylor, said Brinkman may have become jealous because he wanted the relationship to be more than friendly. 
 
 "He always wanted more from my sister, and she was just trying to be nice to him," he said. Police confirmed Brinkman knew the victims but could not elaborate on the relationship, motive or evidence found at the crime scene. 
 
 "Motive is very difficult. Sometimes it's hard to establish what the motive is. You're asking me to know what went on in his mind and why. I do not know. We'll come to know that hopefully," Loeding said. 
 
 Maier said Brinkman was employed at the Johns's business and had recently been house sitting for them while they were on vacation. He was the ex-boyfriend of their daughter, Maier said. The murders in Stark County happened after the murders in North Royalton, according to Maier. 
 
 Brunswick Police said a U.S. Marshal's Office task force tracked Brinkman to a friend's home in Brunswick Monday night. Police officers entered the home Tuesday morning, using a taser on Brinkman who was taken to a hospital for evaluation before being transported to the North Royalton Police Department. 
 
 In 1999, Brinkman was convicted of several charges including receiving stolen property and unauthorized access to a computer. He served time in prison for violating the terms of community control in that case. 
 
 A vigil for the North Royalton victims is planned for 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in front of North Royalton High School. ||||| Police say a woman and her two daughters were found dead in a North Royalton home Sunday night. 
 
 According to North Royalton police, a family friend found the mother and her daughters dead in the bedroom of a home located in the 11400 block of Ridge Road around 8 p.m. Sunday. 
 
 Police identified the women as Suzanne Taylor, 45, and her two daughters, Taylor and Kylie. 
 
 Their bodies were found by Taylor's boyfriend, Dale Koster, according to a 911 call. Kostar called and told the mother's boyfriend, Scott Plymale, who then called 911. 
 
 "He (Kostar) said they didn't open the door, he picked the lock and went in and he said the bedroom door is closed and opened the bedroom door and he said there's a body in here," said Plymale. 
 
 #Update Officers confirm with me these are the daughters found dead in North Royalton home, mom also found dead in home @cleveland19news pic.twitter.com/WyK81N8nf8 — Alyson Bruner (@AlysonBruner) June 12, 2017 
 
 Sonya Pifer, a woman who claims to be the stepmother of the younger victims, told Cleveland 19 that Taylor, 21, attends Kent State University and Kylie, 18, attends Bowling Green. According to the stepmother, Taylor and Kylie's father has been estranged from the girls since they became adults. 
 
 Police said one of the victims was stabbed to death. The cause of the other women's death is still under investigation. 
 
 "A knife was used in one death. I cannot tell you on the others because there's not a visible sign of how death occurred," said North Royalton Det. Dave Loeding. 
 
 A motive for the murders remains unclear. 
 
 Crime scene unit loading truck. No arrests made or motive at this time. 3 found dead in home onRidge Road @NorthRoyaltonPD @cleveland19news pic.twitter.com/mECM6Tl2aP — Alyson Bruner (@AlysonBruner) June 12, 2017 
 
 There have been no arrests made in connection to the deaths, but police say there are "persons of interest." 
 
 "Let police work take its course. I know people need answers. I'd like to give you answers. There's a lot of pathology and a lot of evidence that needs lab," said Det. Loeding. 
 
 Police and officials from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation are still investigating the incident. Detectives remained on the scene overnight and into Monday morning. 
 
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– A suspect in custody in Brunswick, Ohio, is believed to be linked to the disturbing murders of a woman and her two adult children over the weekend. Police tell People that 45-year-old Suzanne Taylor and daughters Taylor Pifer, 21, and Kylie Pifer, who would have been 19 on Sunday, were discovered dead under covers in a bed, as if they had been tucked in. Police say at least one of the victims was stabbed. The mother's boyfriend, Scott Plymale, is believed to have called 911 Sunday evening after Taylor Pifer's boyfriend, Dale Koster, found the bodies in the North Royalton home and called him, Cleveland.com reports. A suspect identified by Cleveland 19 News as George Brinkman was taken into custody early Tuesday after an all-night standoff. The 45-year-old was led from a home in handcuffs around 5:30am, Cleveland.com reports. The homeowner, a woman, was able to get out unharmed, but Brinkman refused to leave for at least eight hours. Police could be heard negotiating through a loudspeaker with Brinkman, who was apparently drinking whisky during the standoff. Police say he was armed with a handgun, but officers were able to take him down with a Taser after entering the home through the front door.