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Well-known Ventura County doctor and his wife identified as victims of a double murder

Dr. Eric Cordes and his wife Vicki were the victims of a weekend shooting at their Simi Valley home.
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Dr. Eric Cordes and his wife, Vicki, were the victims of a weekend shooting at their Simi Valley home.

Investigators are looking at a man who killed himself in Chino as a possible suspect in the murders.

A Ventura County radiologist and his wife have been identified as the victims of a weekend double murder.

The incident happened on Sunday, in the Wood Ranch area of Simi Valley. Witnesses told police they saw a man walk up to the garage of the house, and then heard a volley of gunshots. Dr. Eric Cordes and his wife, Vicki, were wounded in their driveway and later died at a hospital.

Simi Valley Police say a suicide that occurred in Chino later in the day yesterday might be connected to the double murder. A body was found along with a burning car. The name of the man found dead in Chino hasn’t been released.

Cordes had been a physician in the community for more than three decades.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.