CPSO INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE MURDER/SUICIDE IN SOUTH LAKE CHARLES

 

 

 

CPSO INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE MURDER/SUICIDE

 

AT HOME IN SOUTH LAKE CHARLES

 

 

 

Lake Charles –

 

 

 

            At approximately 2:00 this morning, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a home at 5832 Bennie Lane in Lake Charles in regard to a man, David M. Pendley, 52, who had stabbed his son, 24.

 

            When deputies arrived, the son was at the neighbor’s house.  He was transported to a local hospital by ambulance.  Deputies made entry into the home and located the father and his wife, Katherine Pendley, 59, both deceased.

 

            The investigation is in the preliminary stages; however, at this point in the investigation detectives believe it is a possible murder-suicide where Pendley killed his wife then killed himself.

 

            The son has been released from the hospital.

 

            CPSO Detective Casey Lafargue is the lead investigator on this case.