UPDATE: Mead Valley murder-suicide investigation ongoing

UPDATED: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 8:45 p.m., With additional details.

MEAD VALLEY — Authorities are continuing to investigate a suspected murder-suicide that occurred in the unincorporated community of Mead Valley Friday evening, Oct. 11. According to officials, the investigation began after a woman’s lifeless body was discovered at a residence on the 20000 block of Rider St.

A short time later a man’s body was found inside a vehicle that crashed about four miles away, at the intersection of Old Elsinore Rd. and Aloha St. Both subjects were dead from apparent gunshot injuries, according to authorities.

This murder-suicide investigation comes just days after another man was found murdered just a few miles away at an unincorporated Perris residence where deputies and investigators discovered an illegal marijuana grow operation was occurring. No arrests have been made in that investigation.

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Officials investigating murder at Perris home

One injured, juvenile dead after Highgrove shooting

Community reeling after third San Jacinto valley murder in four days

Friday’s investigation began when deputies from Perris Sheriff’s Station responded to a report of a woman shot at the Rider St. home around 8:20 p.m.,  after receiving reports of a woman shot at the residence, Riverside Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit Sgt. Wallace Clear has since reported.

“Deputies arrived and located the woman, deceased, inside the residence,” explained Wallace.

A short time later, at 8:57 p.m., California Highway Patrol officers requested assistance from sheriff’s officials after responding to the scene of what appeared to be a fatal, single-vehicle traffic collision.

According to Wallace, a man “was found deceased inside from an apparent gunshot wound and not the result of the collision,” according to Wallace.

Based on the circumstances, Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit and Perris Station investigators responded to the scene and assumed the investigation.

As the two investigations continued, officials at the pair of crime scenes determined the separate appearing incidents were actually related.

“It was determined by investigators, the adult female and the adult male (were) in (a) spousal relationship and the two incidents were a murder-suicide,” Wallace explained.

Neither of decedent’s identities have been released, pending further investigation and notification of the couple’s families.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is encouraged to contact Central Homicide Investigator Stoyer at (951) 955-2777, or Perris Station Investigator Rooker at (951) 210-1000. Callers can refer to incident file number PC192840052 and can remain anonymous. Citizens may also submit a tip using the Sheriff’s Homicide Tipline online form.

This is a developing story that will be updated as new information is available.

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Trevor Montgomery, 48, moved last year to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, (the now defunct) Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and Mountain Echo in Shasta County.

Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back, and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s accident.)

During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations; including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center, and Lake Elsinore Station; along with other locations.

Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team, and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.

Trevor has been married for more than 29 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 15 – but soon to be 16 – grandchildren.