Two Found Dead in Home Are Named
From a Times Staff Writer
Orange County coroner’s officials identified the two Mission Viejo residents found dead in their home Friday after an apparent murder-suicide as Janis Ann Yamamoto, 45, and Timothy Spencer, 50.
The couple shared a residence in the 22000 block of Antigua, said Rodney Thomas, supervising deputy coroner.
Coroner and sheriff’s officials declined Saturday to release the results of autopsies. Sheriff’s officials said Friday it appeared Spencer had beaten Yamamoto to death, then hanged himself.
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