Two arrests have been made in a double murder case in San Diego’s Grant Hill. The victim’s children were found unharmed nearby.

SAN DIEGO — Two people have been arrested in connection to two murders in San Diego’s Grant Hill neighborhood. 

On Monday, officers responded to an anonymous tip around 12:30 a.m. and found a man and a woman shot to death on the 100th block of 27th Street by San Diego Police. When officers looked inside a nearby parked car, they found three children seemingly unharmed inside. 

The children were taken into protective custody and were later said to be the children of the woman killed. She’s now been identified as 28-year-old Evelyn Virgen. She was killed alongside 31-year-old Ruben Chavez. 

Police say the two were dating and had been involved in an ongoing dispute with Chavez’s ex-girlfriend, Princess Perez and her current boyfriend Ramses “Rex” Morales. 

Perez and Morales were in the area during the shooting but left the area before police arrived. 

Roughly 10 hours later, Perez and Morales were detained by Border Patrol agents at the San Ysidro Port of Entry as they attempted to cross into San Diego. The couple was interviewed by homicide detectives before they were each arrested and charged with two counts of murder. 

Court documents obtained by CBS 8 show Chavez had filed for joint custody of two children he had with Perez before they broke up. Perez had custody of the children, ages 3 and 4, but Chavez was able to have supervised visits. The two had a scheduled custody hearing set in July.

The two children were not among the ones found in the car after Chavez and Virgen were killed. 

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.