Spencer Kincaid ate his lunch on his front patio, across the street from the two-story townhouse where police pulled the bodies of Rodriguez and his four children on Monday. City police classified Benitez, Rodriguez' wife and the children's mother, as a missing person Tuesday.

As Kincaid ate, generators hummed. More than a dozen television stations' large white vans and the Frederick Police Department's mobile unit were parked just yards away on the street.

"Our group is like a big horseshoe with a line down the middle," condominium association president Rebecca Reckley said. "It's too little for this kind of attention."

The upstairs and downstairs windows of the Rodriguez house, in the Mountain View Condominium Association off McCain Drive, were open Tuesday afternoon with the blinds closed. Police opened them for ventilation a day earlier.

Cordoned off by police tape, a black toy Jeep lying on the home's sidewalk was still undisturbed. The Rodriguez's three vehicles, a white Nissan Sentra with a Daemen College decal on the rear window and red and green vans were parked outside in the 1252-designated spots.

Scattered on Kincaid's lawn were cigarette butts ground out by spectators on the scene Monday evening. Tulip shoots in his garden were flattened. He said he will be happy when the tidy, placid neighborhood returns to its ordinary, quiet existence.

A boy whose mother said he had known Angel Rodriguez arrived around 4 p.m. Tuesday and decorated a tree in the family's front yard with a green Care Bear and pink angel Beanie Baby.

A piece of paper with a hand-drawn brown cross and the words "You were a great person. May God bless you in heven" (sic) in a child's handwriting was posted on the tree.

Neighbors plan to place additional flowers and stuffed animals in front of the home once police finish the investigation.

Neighbor Matt Thompson, who lives several townhouse units away from the family, said he moved in three or four years ago and the townhouse neighborhood is quiet and friendly.

When he recently forgot his wallet in his convertible overnight, with its top down, it went untouched.

"It's gotten better lately, in the last two years," he said. "I don't think this is a community issue, I just think this poor guy, something happened, something snapped."

Pedro Rodriguez had been a Washington Redskins fan, decorating his car with decals, Thompson said.

He recalled seeing Rodriguez outside with his children.

"I feel bad for the kids," he said. "All the kids in the neighborhood played together. Those are the ones I'm most worried about."

Kincaid's next-door neighbor, Louise Lewis, lives directly across Danielle Drive from the Rodriguez and Benitez home.

She often saw the Rodriguez children playing in the street between their homes, especially 3-year-old Angel, who was known as Pedro.

He frequently wore only a diaper outside during the winter and several times over the last few months she asked Reckley to call Child Protective Services.

The agency made two or three visits to the Rodriguez home, Reckley said.

The neighborhood has 52 homes, all on Danielle Drive. Neighborhood bylaws require more than half to be owner-occupied, and Reckley said that is the case.

"It's all mixed, singles, couples, families," Reckley said. "It's very diverse."

She said Hispanic, Asian, African American and Caucasian families all live in the neighborhood and co-exist peacefully.

The houses were built from 1982-83, Reckley said, and sell for about $200,000. A house several units away from 1252 is for sale for $212,900. Another home is for rent.