{"id":155464,"date":"2021-03-29T18:33:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T22:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=155464"},"modified":"2021-03-29T18:33:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T22:33:33","slug":"this-is-a-horrific-case-man-charged-with-killing-mom-uncle-during-zoom-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/this-is-a-horrific-case-man-charged-with-killing-mom-uncle-during-zoom-call\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This is a horrific case\u2019: Man charged with killing mom, uncle during Zoom call"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n announced today that a 32-year-old man has been charged with killing his mother and his uncle last Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a horrific case in which the mother\u2019s work colleagues witnessed part of the attack while on a Zoom call and called the authorities,\u201d District Attorney Gasc\u00f3n said. \u201cUnfortunately by the time police arrived they discovered both victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Anderson Cotton, 32, faces two counts of murder.<\/p>\n

Cotton is charged with fatally stabbing<\/a> Carol Brown, 67, and Kenneth Preston, 69, on March 22, at the house they all shared. The violent attack was partially seen on Zoom<\/a> by one victim\u2019s colleagues.<\/p>\n

Officials have not released a possible motive.<\/p>\n

The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n