a man arrested in georgia has confessed to murdering five people in south carolina authorities announced tuesday james douglas drayton 24 was taken into custody in georgias burke county on monday morning after he allegedly committed an armed robbery and fled the scene in a stolen vehicle that authorities said was registered to a family member of one of the victims in south carolinas spartanburg county about 145 miles away he confessed to the crime spartanburg county sheriff chuck wright said during a press conference on tuesday he basically said hed been hearing voices not sure what that means for him but he knew hed been using meth and had been up for like four days hadnt slept in four days probably not thinking james douglas drayton is pictured in this undated mugshot spartanburg county sheriffs office the murders took place over the weekend in the town of inman at a home that wright described as a safe haven for drug use deputies from the spartanburg county sheriffs office responded to a death call at the residence on bobo drive on sunday evening upon arrival deputies discovered four people who had been shot to death identified as thomas ellis anderson 37 adam daniel morley 32 mark allen hewitt 59 and roman christean megael rocha 19 a fifth victim was found still showing signs of life and was transported to spartanburg medical center where they died their identity was not released because their family has not yet been notified according to the spartanburg county sheriffs office this is the largest single murder weve had in spartanburg county wright told reporters more murder charges filed against suspect in kidnapping of family in merced county wright said all five victims were drug users and were known to drayton who investigators believe had been staying at the home for about two weeks the victims were also living there at the time of the incident and investigators located belongings with draytons name according to the spartanburg county sheriffs office wouldnt have mattered to me if they were church members and never did any of that stuff or they were heroin addicts they were still somebodys son brother friend dad wright said they are all a child of god they didnt deserve what they got 280 bobo drive in inman sc is seen here in feb 2013 on google maps street view google maps street view after the shootings drayton allegedly stole a car from the home which he crashed during a brief highspeed chase in georgia where he was apprehended and is now awaiting extradition to south carolina he will be charged with five counts of murder wright said drayton gave investigators a full confession about the murders providing specific information about the crime scene including the location of the five victims according to the spartanburg county sheriffs office i dont have answers as to why he said some things in his interviews that im going to hold on to because his attorney