Three Deaths Ruled Murder-Suicide By San Jose Police

SAN JOSE, CA -- Based on a preliminary investigation, detectives are classifying deaths on Dent Avenue reported on Wednesday to be a murder-suicide case, San Jose Police announced.

Detectives determined the adult female killed her 4- and 7-year-old sons, identified as Chuck and Eric Nguyen, respectively, before committing suicide, the department added.

The Santa Clara Coroner’s Office determined the case as a double murder-suicide committed by the mother identified as 43-year-old Uyen Thi Phuong Tran

This is the city’s eighth and ninth homicide of 2019.

At 12:27 p.m., San Jose police officers responded to a report of a suicide in the 5300 block of Dent Avenue in south San Jose. Arriving officers located the bodies of an adult female and two young children inside an apartment.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Sergeant T.J. Lewis or Detective Brian Meeker of the San Jose Police Department's Homicide Unit at 408-277-5283. Persons wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 408-947-7867.