RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday arrested the 19-year-old brother of a man whose wife and two young children were found brutally slain inside their suburban Sacramento home a day earlier.
The department’s spokesman, Sergeant Jason Ramos, said ‘‘something bad was brewing for some time’’ between the suspect and his extended family.
--more--"
"Threats, warning signs apparent in triple killing" by JUDY LIN | Associated Press, October 26, 2012
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — The violent deaths of an immigrant mother and her two young children have Northern California’s Slavic community recalling a similar killing spree a decade ago.
But this time, community leaders say the warnings were apparent.
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — The violent deaths of an immigrant mother and her two young children have Northern California’s Slavic community recalling a similar killing spree a decade ago.
But this time, community leaders say the warnings were apparent.
Grigoriy Bukhantsov, 19, remained in custody Thursday. He faces formal murder charges Friday in killing his 23-year-old sister-in-law, Alina, 3-year-old niece, Emannuela, and 2-year-old nephew, Avenir.
Alina’s husband, Denis Bukhantsov, discovered a horrific scene at their duplex in Rancho Cordova, a suburb of Sacramento. Authorities have yet to identify the murder weapon except to describe it was consistent with ‘‘sharp force trauma.’’
*********************
The gruesome case has parallels to that of Nikolay Soltys, a 27-year-old Ukrainian immigrant who was charged with killing his pregnant wife, his 3-year-old son, and four other relatives in Rancho Cordova in 2001. He was captured after a nationwide manhunt and later hanged himself in jail while awaiting trial....
Also see: 4 found shot dead at California home
"The church bell that rings to announce the deaths of tribal members on the Tule River Indian Reservation tolled four times Sunday after a man killed his mother and her two brothers, wounded three of his young children, then died in a shootout with police."
