Couple Found Slain Hours After Police Call to Home

A young couple were found dead in their living room Wednesday morning, eight hours after police had responded to call for a possible slaying at the apartment in Arleta.

Officers had left the apartment building at 8635 Snowden Ave. about 1 a.m. Wednesday after getting no response from the apartment and seeing no evidence of foul play, according to a statement by the Los Angeles Police Department.

The statement also said officers thought the anonymous call had been made by a “drunk” they encountered in the apartment hallway.

About eight hours later, the parents of the male victim went to his apartment, building manager Paul Amado said. No one answered the door, but they heard a television playing loudly, so they turned the unlocked knob and found the bodies, Amado said.

The victims appeared to have been shot between the eyes.

Los Angeles police late Wednesday could not say whether the responding officers had tried to enter the apartment.

Det. Frank Bishop said police had no suspects and had not ruled out a murder-suicide, even though they had not found a weapon. There was no indication of a forced entry, he said.

“There’s a lot of theories floating around right now,” Bishop said.

Detectives withheld the names of the victims, pending verification of their identities.