Two people were fatally stabbed Monday afternoon in a horrific incident that was captured on Zoom, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says.
Around 2:45PM, Alta Dena deputies responded to the 3100 block of N. Marengo Avenue in Alta Dena due to a possible kidnapping report.
When deputies arrived, they found a man dead in the driveway of the home. The victim had been stabbed several times. Deputies then rushed inside and found a woman dead in the home.
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department: “detectives learned that the female victim was conducting a Zoom call with a colleague, when the attack on the male occurred. The Zoom caller witnessed the attack on both the male and female and called 911 to report the crime.
Investigators learned a vehicle was missing from the residence. During the investigation, a male Black adult returned to the location driving one of the victim’s vehicles and identified himself as a resident of the home. The male, Robert Cotton (32), was detained and has since been booked for two counts of murder.”
Cotton is a family member of the woman who was killed. A motive for the crime remains unknown.
