Killer dad 'murders his two young daughters then stabs himself to death in California in murder-suicide' while the children's mom and grandmother slept in the house
A killer dad murdered his two young daughters before stabbing himself to death in a California murder-suicide while the children's mom and grandmother slept inside the house, according to police.
A man, said to be in his 30s, was found with fatal stab wounds on the grass of a front yard in Placentia, northern Orange County, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Officers then found the two young girls, said to be aged around 9, stabbed to death inside a nearby home.
The identities of the victims and the suspected killer have not been released by authorities.
A killer dad murdered his two young daughters before stabbing himself to death in a California murder-suicide while the children's mom and grandmother slept inside the house, according to police. Pictured officers on the scene Wednesday
A man, said to be in his 30s, was found with fatal stab wounds on the grass of a front yard in Placentia, northern Orange County, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Officers then found the two young girls, said to be aged around 9, stabbed to death inside a nearby home
Police responded to a 911 call of 'unknown trouble with two children stabbed' at about 12:38 a.m. Wednesday at the 400 block of Swanson Avenue, Placentia police Lt. Adam Gloe said in a statement.
Cops arrived on the scene to find a man lying on a sidewalk bleeding from stab wounds.
The two girls were found bleeding and suffering from stab wounds in the living room of a home across the street.
Police said the man, who investigators believe is the father of both children, had stabbed the two girls before taking his own life.
Paramedics rushed to the scene but all three were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the children's mother and grandmother were asleep inside the home when the two girls were murdered but were unharmed.
Investigators said they are treating the incident as a suspected murder-suicide and said they are not looking for anyone else in connection to the slayings.
Placentia Police Sgt. Bryce Angel described the deaths as 'extremely tragic'
The identities of the victims and the suspected killer have not been released by authorities. Pictured the crime scene in the early hours when the bodies were found
Police have not released the identities of the children or the male suspect but said the girls were about 9 years old and their father in his mid-30s.
Officers had been called out to reports of domestic violence at the home multiple times in the past, authorities said.
Placentia Police Sgt. Bryce Angel described the deaths as 'extremely tragic'.
'My heart goes out to the family,' he told reporters at the scene.
'This is just a tragic situation for the this whole community.'
He added: 'It is extremely tragic for the family. It's just one of those things that we hate to see happen. We're trying to get to the bottom of this, why it happened.'
A neighbor told Eyewitness News the news of the murder-suicide came as a shock to the quiet neighborhood.
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