Police in Altadena, California, found the bodies of two people on Monday after they were attacked at their home while one was on a call from Zoom.
According to a report by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, the female victim was on a video call with her co-worker some time before 2:45 pm, when the male victim was attacked.
The co-worker witnessed both ambushes via Zoom and called 911 to report them as a possible kidnapping.
When the police arrived, they found the male victim in the garage with several knife wounds. He had already died when they arrived, as well as the female victim, who was found inside the house.
“The man was inside the house,” Lieutenant Barry Hall of the Sheriff’s Homicide Division told NBC Los Angeles. “The lady was still talking on Zoom when the man was dragged out of the house. That alerted her. So the suspect came in and attacked her.”
A male suspect, identified as Robert Cotton, 32, later appeared at the house in one of the victim’s cars, identifying himself as the householder. The police arrested and charged Cotton on two counts of murder, notes the police report.
The identities of the victims have not yet been released, however, NBC Los Angeles reports that both were in their 60s. The relationship between Cotton and the victims is unclear.