the LA Times reported<\/a>.<\/p>\nDr. Eric Cordes, 63, and his wife, Vicki, 66, were gunned down in their garage in a targeted homicide.<\/p>\n
Dr. Cordes\u2019 son\u2019s body was found in a burned-out Honda Civic 65 miles from the crime scene. CBS LA<\/p>\n
The son lived in Kentucky, and cops have yet to reveal a possible motive for the brutal double slaying.<\/p>\n
The body was so burned that detectives initially couldn\u2019t identify him. But license plate recognition cameras allowed them to track Keith\u2019s black Honda Civic from the scene to Chino, where he finally stopped near Ayala Park, police said.<\/p>\n
A handgun found in the vehicle is believed to have been used in the double murder that has stunned residents of Simi Valley, which only averages around one homicide a year.<\/p>\n
Dr. Eric Cordes, 63, was a well-respected radiologist. <\/p>\n
Additional forensic testing is being conducted by the medical examiner.<\/p>\n
Eric Cordes was described as a \u201cbeloved physician\u201d and radiologist at Adventist Health Simi Valley, who served the community \u201cwith compassion and excellence for nearly 30 years,\u201d the hospital\u2019s president, Alice Issai, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Simi Valley only sees one homicide a year on average. KABC<\/p>\n
The community \u201cis heartbroken by the tragic deaths of our longtime colleague, Dr. Eric Cordes, and his wife, Vicki,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur hearts are with his family, friends, and all who had the privilege of working alongside him as we grieve this shocking loss,\u201d Issai said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wealthy California doctor executed alongside his wife in their $1.3 million home was killed by his son…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,27815,134,16503,3586],"class_list":["post-79784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-doctors","tag-homicide","tag-spin","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79784","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=79784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}