Location: 19800 block of Road 124, Tulare

Incident Date: 08-16-18

Incident Time: 0805 hours

Case Number: 18-10756

Victim: adult male, adult female

City: Tulare

Posted by: Media Relations

UPDATE: Victims Identified in Tulare Homicide Investigation

On Aug. 16, 2018 at approximately 0805 hours, Deputies from the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 19800 block of Road 124, in Tulare, to check the welfare of the residents as the neighbors had not seen, nor heard from them in some time.

When Deputies arrived, they located an adult male and an adult female deceased inside the residence.

Detectives with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crimes Unit responded to the scene and assumed the investigation. At this time, the cause of the deaths are still under investigation and the investigation is being treated as a homicide.

THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 83-YEAR-OLD GEORGE MENDONCA AND 81-YEAR-OLD JUANITA MENDONCA.