{"id":231625,"date":"2026-03-22T20:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231625\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T20:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T20:48:08","slug":"3-kids-flee-sacramento-home-after-apparent-murder-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231625\/","title":{"rendered":"3 kids flee Sacramento home after apparent murder-suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three young children narrowly escaped a family tragedy after fleeing their home where their <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/28\/us-news\/sacramento-family-shot-dead-in-booby-trapped-home-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">parents were later found dead<\/a>, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>The children fled their home near the intersection of Edison Avenue and Ball Way in Sacramento and called for help after witnessing their father assault their mother around 9:30 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/18\/us-news\/detective-who-helped-catch-serial-child-rapist-gives-withering-verdict-after-newsoms-parole-board-tried-to-free-predator\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>, deputies responded to a domestic violence call at a residence on the 2600 block of Edison Avenue near Ball Way around 9:30 p.m. Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies arrived, breached the door, and found a woman and man who were both unresponsive. Both were pronounced dead at the scene <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/02\/us-news\/husband-fatally-shot-wife-himself-at-alabama-hospital-moments-after-welcoming-their-first-child\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in an apparent murder-suicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento neighborhood is grappling with the aftermath of the murder-suicide that left three kids parentless.<\/p>\n<p>Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators were called to the location. The three children associated with the home were found unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sheriff\u2019s office, a juvenile caller reported the assault while deputies were on the way to the location.<\/p>\n<p>The three children associated with the home in Sacramento were found unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not yet released the identities of the parents as the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbors expressed shock while praising the children for their courage in summoning for help despite their trauma. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable what those kids went through,\u201d one neighbor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/video\/news\/local\/sacramento\/neighbors-praise-the-bravery-children-of-the-murder-suicide-victims-had\/103-3847caed-4179-4123-931e-ecda52780a4e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told ABC10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff\u2019s detectives are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWJFYfRjbWp\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">continuing to investigate<\/a> the circumstances surrounding the deaths. There are no outstanding suspects, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n<p>California Post News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheCaliforniaPost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@CaliforniaPost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@thecaliforniapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Vb6a2IV1NCrL6q2AWq0E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WhatsApp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/company\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a><br \/>California Post Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/capostsports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/capostsports\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@CaliforniaPostSports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/capostsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X<\/a><br \/>California Post  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/californiapost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Opinion<\/a> <br \/>California Post Newsletters: <a href=\"https:\/\/email.nypost.com\/#california-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><br \/>California Post App: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Download here!<\/a><br \/>Home delivery: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.californiapost.com\/defaultCAP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here!<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/california-post\/id6751343487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/><\/a>Page Six Hollywood: <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/hollywood-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three young children narrowly escaped a family tragedy after fleeing their home where their parents were later found&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[7,2305,723,4749,4182,8509,105079,121,123,122,3586],"class_list":["post-231625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-california","tag-children","tag-crime","tag-domestic-violence","tag-metro","tag-murder-suicide","tag-police-investigations","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}