FOWLER, Calif. (KFSN) — The man and woman found dead inside a Fowler home have been identified as 78-year-old Cheryl Hanoian and her son, 60-year-old James McFarland.
Authorities say they are now investigating the incident as a murder-suicide, with McFarland being the suspect and Hanoian being the victim.
Fowler Police Chief Greg Gularte says officers received a call for an assault with a deadly weapon at a home on Citrus and South avenues around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Gularte says the call came from a woman who claimed a family member told her he “had shot mom, was going to shoot the dogs and shoot myself.”
When authorities got inside the home, they found the two dead along with multiple dead animals.
Gularte says this was an isolated incident, and the investigation is now being handled by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
