Sheriff’s Investigators have determined that two bodies found in a Flamingo Heights home Friday were the victims of a murder-suicide. At 11:34 a.m., deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station responded to a residence in the 1100 block of S. Kickapoo Trail to conduct a welfare check on the residents. Deputies entered the home and located Bert Midlane, 66 and Pamela Midlane, 64, deceased from apparent gunshot wounds. Detectives from the Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail responded to the location to conduct the investigation. They determined that Bert Midlane shot Pamela Midlane and then shot himself; they were husband and wife. A shotgun was found next to the suspect.
TWO BODIES FOUND IN FLAMINGO HEIGHTS HOME DETERMINED TO BE VICTIMS OF MURDER-SUICIDE
