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Acorn file photo A young child on Tuesday evening was the victim in an apparent murder-suicide in which his father was involved, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. When deputies responded to a 7 p.m. 911 call for service reporting a possible suicide at a townhome in the 2300 block of Chiquita Lane in
Thousand Oaks murder suicide: Blaine Paddock strangles 7 yr old son then self in similar fashion. No known motive as father and son are found.
Blaine Paddock, 43, choked his 7-year-old son to death, before strangling himself with a rope or chord, in what authorities in California are calling a murder-suicide.
The officials investigating the case said the father may have used a cord or something similar to strangle the child and himself.
Acorn file photo A young child on Tuesday evening was the victim in an apparent murder-suicide in which his father was involved, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office. When deputies responded to a 7 p.m. 911 call for service reporting a possible suicide at a townhome in the 2300 block of Chiquita Lane in