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Two handguns found in Southern California house with dead family
May 27, 2008
Andrew Galvin And Doug Irving - The Orange County RegisterIssue date: 5/22/08 Section: Real News
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. _ Two handguns were found in a house here where the decomposed bodies of five family members were discovered over the weekend, Orange County Sheriff's Department officials said Monday.
The five were found late Sunday afternoon after relatives went to the house on Campanilla Street in the gated Sea Pointe Estates neighborhood overlooking the ocean in San Clemente, officials said. The bodies could have been in the house for two to three weeks, said sheriff's officials, who believe the deaths resulted from an isolated incident and that there is no danger to the community.
Sheriff's Lt. Erin Giudice declined to give the exact street address for the house, but neighbors said it was 31 Campanilla. That house is owned by Manas Ucar, property record show. A Margaret or Margrit Ucar also lived at the address, according to property records.
The neighborhood, set on a hillside, has large homes worth between $1.5 million and $2 million, according to Zillow.com.
Found dead in the house were a man and a woman in their 40s or 50s, twin sisters in their 20s, and an older woman in her 70s or 80s, Giudice said.
The sisters and the older woman were found in a first-floor bedroom, while the middle-aged man and woman were found near a closet on the first floor, Giudice said.
One handgun was found near the middle-aged woman, and the other was found near the middle-aged man, Giudice said. She didn't know whether either gun had been fired. One of the guns was registered to the middle-aged woman, she said.
The middle-aged man appeared to have suffered a gunshot wound, Giudice said. One more of the dead also might have been shot, she said. It's unknown how the others died she said.
Autopsies of the five bodies began Monday at 9 a.m., Giudice said. The bodies were so badly decomposed that it's unlikely any results from the autopsies, including the identities of the dead, will be available before Tuesday, she said.
The five were found late Sunday afternoon after relatives went to the house on Campanilla Street in the gated Sea Pointe Estates neighborhood overlooking the ocean in San Clemente, officials said. The bodies could have been in the house for two to three weeks, said sheriff's officials, who believe the deaths resulted from an isolated incident and that there is no danger to the community.
Sheriff's Lt. Erin Giudice declined to give the exact street address for the house, but neighbors said it was 31 Campanilla. That house is owned by Manas Ucar, property record show. A Margaret or Margrit Ucar also lived at the address, according to property records.
The neighborhood, set on a hillside, has large homes worth between $1.5 million and $2 million, according to Zillow.com.
Found dead in the house were a man and a woman in their 40s or 50s, twin sisters in their 20s, and an older woman in her 70s or 80s, Giudice said.
The sisters and the older woman were found in a first-floor bedroom, while the middle-aged man and woman were found near a closet on the first floor, Giudice said.
One handgun was found near the middle-aged woman, and the other was found near the middle-aged man, Giudice said. She didn't know whether either gun had been fired. One of the guns was registered to the middle-aged woman, she said.
The middle-aged man appeared to have suffered a gunshot wound, Giudice said. One more of the dead also might have been shot, she said. It's unknown how the others died she said.
Autopsies of the five bodies began Monday at 9 a.m., Giudice said. The bodies were so badly decomposed that it's unlikely any results from the autopsies, including the identities of the dead, will be available before Tuesday, she said.
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