Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office believes father killed his 2 children, then himself, at home near Ukiah

MENDOCINO CO., 10/10/26 — Initial evidence indicates a 44-year-old Ukiah man killed his two children, a 14-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, and then himself Friday morning at a home on Old River Road near Ukiah, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday.

“Initial evidence and interviews indicate the adult male killed the two children and then committed suicide at the residence,” Capt. Quincy Cromer wrote in a release.