Suspect arrested in Porterville double murder
A man has been arrested in connection with a double murder near Porterville, the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department said Monday.
Homicide detectives are interviewing Kenneth Charles Smith, 57, identified as a person of interest in the case.
He was arrested shortly after 10 a.m. in Kern County in the Lake Isabella area.
About 8:30 p.m. Sunday, deputies found an 84-year-old man and an 83-year-old woman dead in a home in the 14400 block of Road 284 east of Porterville, the sheriff’s department said.
Both bodies had obvious injuries, the sheriff’s department said.
Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s department at 559-733-6218. Anonymous tips can be reported at tcso@tipnow.net or 559-725-4194.
This story will be updated.
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This story was originally published October 5, 2015 at 12:38 PM with the headline "Suspect arrested in Porterville double murder."