Authorities Monday released the names of three family members found dead inside a home in Palmdale, each with traumatic injuries in a case investigators are calling a triple homicide.
The bodies of 72-year-old Richard Gardner II, 56-year-old Pepper Gardner and 52-year-old Richard Gardner III were discovered about 3:50 p.m. Saturday, in the 1100 block of West Avenue N-12, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
A family member asked for a welfare check of the home and upon entering the residence, deputies found the body of a man, then two more victims in another room, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
No information has been released on what may have led to the killings or about a possible suspect.
–City News Service