Suspect held in slayings of L.A. man, daughter
A 33-year-old man was being held in Los Angeles County Jail on Sunday on suspicion of killing a 73-year-old Los Angeles man and his 33-year-old daughter, whose bodies were found near freeways in Fresno and Santa Barbara counties, police said.
Mulushewa Tebedge was arrested Wednesday after he jumped from a second-story window of a home in the 1200 block of West 39th Street in South Los Angeles and ran from police, officials said.
Police went to the house after hearing from the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department that a body found near Interstate 5 had been traced to the address.
While questioning Tebedge, detectives learned of the second victim, whose body was found off U.S. 101 in Santa Barbara, according to authorities.
The names of the victims were not released, but investigators found evidence linking Tebedge to the deaths, officials said. Investigators believe that the slayings took place in the 39th Street house and the suspect was “somehow related” to the victims, police said.
Tebedge is being held in lieu of $1-million bail and is expected to be arraigned today, Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Karen Smith said.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact LAPD South Bureau homicide detectives at (213) 485-4341.
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