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Son Confirmed as Suspect in Simi Valley Doctor and Wife's Killings After Car Fire Suicide

Investigators identified the son via the medical examiner, with forensic testing on a recovered handgun still pending.

Overview

  • Eric Cordes, 63, and his wife, Vicki, 66, were found with multiple gunshot wounds in their home's open garage shortly after noon on Nov. 30 and later died at a hospital.
  • License-plate and FLOCK camera data traced a black Honda Civic from the Simi Valley neighborhood to Ayala Park in Chino, where the vehicle was discovered burned.
  • The San Bernardino County Medical Examiner identified the deceased driver as 37-year-old Keith Cordes and determined he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  • Detectives recovered a handgun near the burned car that they believe was used in the homicides, with ballistics and other forensic analyses ongoing.
  • Police say the attack appears targeted with no ongoing public threat, the motive remains unresolved, and the son had been living in Kentucky as the community mourns the couple.