Kevin James Reddy, Palm Desert, California man charged with the murder of his elderly parents, both 84, found dead at their Indio residence. No known motive.
A 51-year-old Southern California man has been arrested for allegedly murdering his own elderly parents according to police.
Kevin James Reddy was booked on Saturday and charged with two counts of second-degree murder, jail records show, when Indio Police Department officers responded to a welfare check of a senior couple that later led to the discovery of their bodies.
Indio Police officers initially did not observe any foul play at the senior couple’s residence in the 45000 block of Green Hills Court in Indio on Friday, according to a news release. Officers could not contact anyone at the residence either, Desert Sun reported.
Officers went to another address in the 78000 block of Blooming Court in Palm Desert to locate the couple. Upon their arrival, cops attempted to speak with a man inside, later identified as Kevin Reddy, only for the ‘interaction’ to ‘quickly’ escalate into a stand-off when he refused to come outside, KTLA reported.
Due to suspicious circumstances, officers went back to the first home and made a forced entry, finding the unaccounted for couple, dead inside, KESQ reported.
A SWAT team was called to the second home, and after several hours, Reddy finally came out. Police identified him as the deceased couple’s son and booked him on second degree murder charges for the deaths of his parents, whose names have not been released.
Confirmation of the victims’ identities is pending the coroner’s investigation, however the news release identified them as an 84-year-old man and 84-year-old woman. Reddy was identified as their son.
In an updated report on Monday, neighbors at the residence where the bodies of the deceased were discovered, described Reddy as frequently ‘terrorizing’ the neighborhood, recalling several past incidents requiring police intervention at the Green Hills Court home, KESQ reported.
One neighbor said they provided home security footage documenting such disturbances to police.
As authorities continued to investigate the parents’ slaying, no murder motive was immediately revealed.
Reddy is being held on a $1 million bail and is due in court Wednesday morning.
