Walnut Creek Police Determine Holland Drive Deaths Result Of Murder-Suicide

Investigators have determined the deaths of a Walnut Creek couple found Tuesday afternoon in their Holland Drive home were the result of a murder-suicide carried out by the husband – contractor Richard Huber Jr., 66. They believe Huber, owner of Dean Huber Construction for the past 19 years, shot his wife Sarah, 68, before turning…

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Perpetrator In Walnut Creek Murder-Suicide Built His Own “Ghost Guns”

Questions about the origin of the weapon used by a Lafayette man and Stanford engineering student to murder a friend and then take his own life were partially answered Tuesday after investigators in Walnut Creek determined that Scott Bertics had secretly built two untraceable weapons from parts he ordered through the mail. In a release issued…

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Lafayette Man Suspected In Walnut Creek Murder-Suicide

In the second such case of its kind to stun the 24-680 Corridor in recent weeks, a man is suspected of murdering a woman – in this case a former girlfriend – before turning the gun on himself. Police responded to an address in the North Homestead neighborhood in Walnut Creek at 6:50 a.m. Tuesday in answer…

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