ANTIOCH – A person arrested on suspicion of killing his spouse and son final week in Antioch has been recognized as 34-year-old John Henderson Walton Jr., in line with the Antioch Police Division.
Police on Friday additionally recognized the victims as 30-year-old Alexis Parson and 15-year-old Malik El-Ameen.
The victims died of blunt-force trauma, Antioch police spokesperson Darryl Saffold stated in a information launch. An post-mortem additionally confirmed that Parson was not pregnant.
Walton is being held on the Martinez Detention Facility on a no-bail warrant for homicide.
Officers had been doing a welfare verify on Jan. 29 once they discovered the victims inside their house on the 2100 block of Lemontree Means, in line with police. Walton was arrested the next day at a practice station in Redwood Metropolis.
Saffold stated the investigation revealed Walton had a non-extraditable warrant for his arrest for a home violence-related incident in Georgia.
The double murder case shall be introduced to the Contra Costa County District Lawyer’s Workplace on Wednesday for formal prices, Saffold stated.