Police: Mother Killed Son, 11, With Hammer
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Investigators say a California mother facing eviction used a hammer to bludgeon her 11-year-old son to death before she committed suicide by slashing her throat.
San Bernardino County coroner's officials say the bodies of Eddie Lopez and his 41-year-old mother Libia Lopez were found Friday inside an Ontario shed they called home. The boy was beaten with a hammer and the woman cut her throat after failing to overdose on anti-depressants.
Ontario police Sgt. David McBride tells the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin that a motive hasn't been determined, but he noted the woman and her son were facing eviction.
Police were dispatched to the shed at 7:52 p.m. Friday after receiving a neighbor reported seeing a dead woman.
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