"Simi Valley police said Tuesday, Dec. 2, that they believe that Keith E. Cordes, the son of Eric Cordes and stepson of Vicki Cordes, killed the couple in their garage on Sunday. He's our primary suspect, Sgt. Rick Morton said. Police had not previously conclusively linked the man found dead of a gunshot wound in a Chino park to the crime."
"Police and the San Bernardino County Coroner's Office on Tuesday identified Keith E. Cordes, 37, as the man who shot himself at Ayala Park in Chino around 2:30 p.m. and was found lying next to his burning car. The discovery happened about two and a half hours after witnesses saw a man point a gun into an open garage and shoot Eric Cordes, a 63-year-old radiologist, and Vicki Cordes, 66."
"Detectives identified a vehicle leaving the scene and spotted it on a license plate reading camera traveling on the 210 Freeway. The car, registered to Keith Cordes, left a freeway in Chino and was parked at Ayala Park. There, Simi Valley police said, Cordes set the car on fire and shot himself. His body was found outside the car and suffered from burns that made it difficult to identify him."
Keith E. Cordes, 37, is believed to have killed Eric Cordes, 63, and Vicki Cordes, 66, in their Simi Valley garage with multiple gunshot wounds. Witnesses saw a man point a gun into the open garage and shoot the couple. A vehicle registered to Keith Cordes was tracked off the 210 Freeway to Ayala Park in Chino, where a burning car and a man who had shot himself were found; a nearby firearm is believed to be the homicide weapon. Burn injuries complicated identification. Coroner records list Keith as a Simi Valley resident, but he lived in Kentucky; relatives have not provided a motive.
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