Conner Michael Schierman, 24, remains jailed on $10 million bail for four counts of aggravated first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson.

Prosecutors say he killed the family of National Guard Sgt. Leonid Milkin -- wife Olga Milkin, 28; sons Justin, 5, and Andrew, 3; and Olga's sister, Lyubov Botvina, 24 -- on July 17. Milkin was serving in Iraq at the time.

Schierman admitted waking up in their home covered in blood following an alcoholic blackout and using gasoline to burn down the home in an effort to conceal the crime, charging papers said.

Prosecutors have not said whether they plan to seek the death penalty.

A defense lawyer is expected to ask that a death penalty decision be delayed for six months to give the lawyer more time to gather mitigation information.

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