Evan Hunter Small is charged with three counts of murder.
He is currently at the Wake County Detention Center.
The bodies of the victims were found at three separate locations: Alta Vista Court, Bentley Meadow Lane and Fairview Road.
Deputies were called to complete a welfare check at the home on Alta Vista Court around 11:30 p.m. Monday because of a separate investigation being done by Raleigh Police Department. When deputies arrived, they looked through a window and saw a body.
VIDEO: Police response on Alta Vista Court
Death investigation crime scene at Alta Vista Court in Wake County
Deputies said the victim -- who was later identified as 58-year-old Jimmy Wayne Small Jr. -- may have been dead in the house for a couple days before being found.
"So my friend has been laying (sic) in there all these days. That's why I really started crying, because how horrible to think," a friend of the victim said. ABC11 is not identifying the Alta Vista Court victim until investigators confirm that family has been notified.
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Raleigh police confirmed that, on Monday, officers were dispatched to welfare check in the 3900 block of Bentley Meadow Lane. A 79-year-old woman -- later identified as Patricia Brewton Small -- was found dead inside that home.
A follow-up investigation then led officers to the 1300 block of Fairview Road where an 80-year-old man -- identified as Jimmy Wayne Small Sr. -- was found dead.
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VIDEO: Police response on Fairview Road
Crime scene under investigation at Fairview Road in Raleigh