Joseph Gerdvil, 41, is accused of killing his parents, Antoinette, 79 and Ronald, 77 as well as their dog on Tuesday morning

Sheriff’s deputies in Orange County, California, responding to a call at around 7.30am of a ‘domestic incident’, met the ‘horrific scene which included the decapitated and mutilated bodies’

Antoinette Gerdvil, 79, and her husband Ronald Gerdvil, 77, reportedly were killed by their 41-year-old son, Joseph Gerdvil

The suspect who lived with his parents in the mobile home was allegedly was seen fleeing the scene covered in blood

Killer stole the maintenance worker’s golf cart, before a deputy located him at a nearby bike trail and shot him multiple times

Hospitalized in critical but stable condition, he faces two counts of homicide, when medically cleared, with additional charges and enhancements, likely

Joseph Gerdvil, 41, is accused of killing and decapitating his parents, Antoinette, 79 and Ronald, 77 as well as their dog at the Mobile Estates community in San Juan Capistrano, on Tuesday morning

An elderly couple and their dog were allegedly murdered and decapitated by their own son, inside ho their California mobile home park on Tuesday morning.
Officials with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department responding to to reports of a ‘domestic incident,’ When they arrived on the scene of the San Juan Mobile Estates community in San Juan Capistrano, a call at around 7.30am on Tuesday met a ‘horrific scene which included the decapitated and mutilated bodies’ of an elderly man and woman ‘as well as a decapitated dog belonging to the married couple.’
Authorities identified the victims as Antoinette Gerdvil, 79, and her husband Ronald Gerdvil, 77.
It is believed they were killed by their 41-year-old son, Joseph Gerdvil
The younger Gerdvil, who according to neighbors, ‘had a drug issue,’ lived with his parents in the mobile home was seen by witnesses fleeing the crime scene covered in blood.

Investigators said the elderly couple, residents of San Juan Mobile Estates community in San Juan Capistrano had been ‘decapitated and mutilated’ along with their dog

Deputies explained that just minutes after they stumbled upon the gruesome scene, they received reports of a ‘bloody male’ chasing down a maintenance worker in the same mobile home community.
Police now allege Joseph stole the maintenance worker’s golf cart, before a deputy located him near a bike trail and shot him multiple times.
He was treated on the scene until the Orange County Fire Authority arrived and transported him to a local hospital, where he is listed in critical but stable condition.
When he is medically cleared, the sheriff’s office says the 41-year-old will be booked on two counts of homicide. It is likely there will be additional charges and enhancements police said.
A motive for the brutal decapitations remains unclear, and authorities gave no explanation for what prompted the deputy to shoot Joseph.

A deputy located the fleeing suspect at a nearby bike trail and shot him multiple times

But neighbor said he saw Joseph fighting with his father the day before. David Desmond described to Fox 11 how the younger Gerdvil was ‘in his face’ and ‘looked angry’ while confronting his father on Monday.
Neighbors described the described the family as friendly and quiet, but their adult son Joseph ‘had a drug issue.’
‘That’s why he lived there and they kept him there,’ said one neighbor, Bob Demario.
Online, Joseph made a number of unhinged posts about Jehova’s Witnesses and posted dissonance music on YouTube – including one on Monday entitled Shots Fired and another named Pope on a Rope, with a picture of the pope being hanged.