Father, 3-year-old boy dead in apparent murder-suicide

TRABUCO CANYON, Calif. -- A 41-year-old man and his 3-year-old son were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Trabuco Canyon on Wednesday night, investigators said.

Orange County sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 hang-up call at a home in the 00 block of Swallows Lane at about 6:10 p.m. Upon arrival, authorities made contact with a woman, who told them a domestic dispute occurred and her husband was barricaded inside.

"When my husband came out, he saw a lady with a child run from the third house up to a police car," neighbor Arlene Richens said.

A SWAT team forced its way into the home and found both the man and boy dead.

The woman was able to flee the home with her 18-month-old daughter uninjured.

Neighbor Kareem Lehaf said the family kept to themselves.

"This place has never had this before," Lehaf said. "It's pretty scary and it's unpredictable."