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06-01-2006, 09:52 AM
Police Search for Suspects in Stabbing of California Family
Thursday, June 01, 2006
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Police searched for suspects and a motive in the stabbing deaths of a couple and their 6-year-old son, while an injured infant girl apparently left for dead at the scene was recovering in protective custody.
Police found the bodies of Phuong Hung Le, 30, his wife, Trish Dawn Lam, 25, and Lam's 6-year-old son, Tommy, on Monday when they conducted a welfare check at the family's home on a street lined with two-story stucco houses about 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles in Orange County.
Because of the girl's dehydrated state, detectives believe the killings may have happened Friday night — the last time the family was heard from. She was taken to a hospital for treatment and placed in protective custody. She was not immediately identified.
"It's one of the most horrific crimes that we have investigated in many years," police Lt. Dennis Ellsworth said.
He said there were no signs of forced entry, suggesting the couple might have known their attacker. "It looks like they took some time in the house, it wasn't like they went in and left right away," Ellsworth said.
Investigators did not know the motive for the attack, and no arrests had been made. They ruled out a murder-suicide........http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197788,00.html
Thursday, June 01, 2006
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — Police searched for suspects and a motive in the stabbing deaths of a couple and their 6-year-old son, while an injured infant girl apparently left for dead at the scene was recovering in protective custody.
Police found the bodies of Phuong Hung Le, 30, his wife, Trish Dawn Lam, 25, and Lam's 6-year-old son, Tommy, on Monday when they conducted a welfare check at the family's home on a street lined with two-story stucco houses about 35 miles southeast of Los Angeles in Orange County.
Because of the girl's dehydrated state, detectives believe the killings may have happened Friday night — the last time the family was heard from. She was taken to a hospital for treatment and placed in protective custody. She was not immediately identified.
"It's one of the most horrific crimes that we have investigated in many years," police Lt. Dennis Ellsworth said.
He said there were no signs of forced entry, suggesting the couple might have known their attacker. "It looks like they took some time in the house, it wasn't like they went in and left right away," Ellsworth said.
Investigators did not know the motive for the attack, and no arrests had been made. They ruled out a murder-suicide........http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,197788,00.html