Man and woman found dead at Fresno County home, deputies investigating as homicide

Saturday, January 8, 2022
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The victims in a southeast Fresno double homicide have been identified as a father and his daughter.

90-year-old Mel Abdelaziz and 58-year-old Melba Abdelaziz were found dead Thursday morning just after 10:30.
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Mel was found by Sheriff's deputies in the front yard of a house on Tulare near Peach Avenue.

Inside the home, deputies found his daughter's body.

Detectives say based on the trauma to the victims, both deaths are being investigated as homicides.
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The sheriff's office has not yet revealed any information about a possible suspect.

The homicides are Fresno County's first and second of the new year.

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