Homicide investigators say a man named as a "person of interest" in the deaths of two women whose bodies were found inside a Hemet home early Wednesday may be heading to Mexico.
Officers conducting a welfare check just before 5 a.m. discovered the bodies at the Pepper Tree Villas townhouse in the 1200 block of South Buena Vista Street, the Hemet Police Department said. A cause of death has not been released.
Investigators want to question 37-year-old Elisha Samson Chiles. Authorities in San Diego have been alerted that Chiles could be on his way to the U.S.-Mexico border.
The names of the women have not been released. Neighbors worry that the victims are Chiles' mother and grandmother. Some of them said they heard a loud commotion coming from the home about 9 p.m.
"I heard screaming of an adult female," neighbor Dolores Smales said.
Chiles was previously convicted on assault charges, including one against a police officer, in Oklahoma. He was given a suspended sentence.
Chiles is believed to be driving a 2015 charcoal grey-colored Dodge Caravan with Oklahoma license plate 471 LIV.
