Michael Underwood, 71, and his wife Laura Underwood were found dead from multiple gunshot wounds inside their mobile home at Hemet West Mobile Estates on August 7, 2014. Neighbors reported hearing several gunshots early that morning and alerted police, who pronounced both victims dead at the scene after arriving.

Investigators quickly focused on the couple’s son, David Michael Underwood. Witnesses said they saw him leave the scene on a bicycle shortly after the shots; the bicycle was later found near a dumpster in a nearby parking lot. Police arrested David later that day in Anaheim, and he admitted to the killings, citing a domestic dispute as the motive. He was charged with two counts of murder and special-circumstance allegations for multiple murders.

The plea and sentencing that followed resolved the case without a trial.