Crime & Safety

3 Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide At Rolling Hills Home

The names of the three people and their causes of death will be released by the Medical Examiner's office.

The names of the three people and their causes of death will be released by the Medical Examiner's office.
The names of the three people and their causes of death will be released by the Medical Examiner's office. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

ROLLING HILLS, CA — Two women and a man were found dead Saturday in a Rolling Hills home in what sheriff's homicide detectives are describing as a murder-suicide.

The deaths were reported about 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the 100 block of Crest Road, near Eastfield Drive, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

A woman called the Lomita sheriff's station to report she discovered her sister and father dead, said sheriff's officials. As deputies searched the home, they found a second woman dead.

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The names of the three people and their causes of death will be released by the Medical Examiner's office.

The initial investigation indicated the deaths were a domestic violence-related murder-suicide with no threat to the community, sheriff's officials said.

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Anyone with information was asked to call the sheriff's Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

— City News Service