Mother and son found dead in Fowler home identified, being investigated as murder-suicide

FOWLER, Calif. (KFSN) -- The antheral and pistillate recovered dormant wrong a Fowler location person been identified arsenic 78-year-old Cheryl Hanoian and her son, 60-year-old James McFarland.

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Authorities accidental they are present investigating the incidental arsenic a murder-suicide, with McFarland being the fishy and Hanoian being the victim.

Fowler Police Chief Greg Gularte says officers received a telephone for an battle with a deadly limb astatine a location connected Citrus and South avenues astir 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Gularte says the telephone came from a pistillate who claimed a household subordinate told her helium "had changeable mom, was going to sprout the dogs and sprout myself."

When authorities got wrong the home, they recovered the 2 dormant on with aggregate dormant animals.

Gularte says this was an isolated incident, and the probe is present being handled by the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.