Mother and son identified in Coachella murder-suicide
The Riverside County Coroner’s office identified the deceased mother and son in an apparent murder-suicide as 36-year-old Alejandro Alvarez and 56-year-old today.
On Friday, KESQ & CBS Local 2 first reported the victims’ familial connection.
On Thursday night at approximately 5:44 p.m., deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Thermal station responded to a call at the Cedar Springs apartment complex on the 53000 block of Cesar Chavez Street in Coachella. Upon arriving, they discovered a scene of an apparent murder-suicide.
The call to law enforcement was placed by a son of Lourdes Guillen Alvarez, a younger brother of Alejandro Alvarez.
No further details have been released relating to the investigation at this time.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department encourages anyone with information regarding this incident to contact Central Homicide Investigator Bishop at (951) 955-2777, or Thermal Station Investigator Ortega at (760) 863-8990.
