A 34-year-old man was arrested after police suspect he killed his son and his spouse inside their Antioch house.
The person, whose title has not been launched, was taken into custody round 1:30 a.m. Sunday at a prepare station in Redwood Metropolis, in keeping with Invoice Whitaker, an Antioch Police Division detective.
The arrest got here after Antioch Police obtained a name at 8:18 p.m. Saturday from an individual who hadn’t seen their neighbors on the 2100 block of Lemontree Manner in a number of days, police mentioned.
When officers arrived a couple of minutes later, they peered inside a window and located a 15-year-old boy lifeless on the ground, police mentioned. Officers then compelled their approach inside and located his stepmother, 30, lifeless in an upstairs room. Each suffered from “apparent trauma,” in keeping with a information launch, however police didn't give additional particulars.
The person arrested within the killings was married to the lady, Whitaker mentioned, and he was the boy’s father. All of them lived on the house.
The names of the lady and the teenager haven't been launched, and the killings stay beneath investigation.