Arizona woman accused of fatally shooting husband, young son

KAIBETO, Ariz. (AP) — A northern Arizona lady is going through federal fees within the capturing deaths of her husband and younger son on Sept. 28, in keeping with authorities.

The FBI mentioned 28-year-old Lydia Carol King is being held on suspicion of two counts of first-degree homicide.

Based on a federal indictment, Navajo Nation police responded to a house Wednesday night time after a caller mentioned a person and a 6-year-old boy had been discovered useless close to the city of Kaibeto.

Police mentioned each our bodies had a gunshot wound to the top and King had fled the scene earlier than legislation enforcement arrived.

King confirmed up at a Flagstaff hospital the next day and advised police she had killed two folks on the Navajo reservation, investigators mentioned.

Court docket paperwork present King advised FBI brokers that she puzzled if her husband was going to hurt her and determined to kill him first, then fatally shot her son within the face as he pleaded together with her to not do it.

Authorities mentioned King drove away and fired pictures at a number of passing autos between Kaibeto and Purple Lake.

King has a scheduled Oct. 24 listening to in U.S. Justice of the Peace Court docket in Flagstaff to find out her psychological competency.

Sarah Erlinder, an assistant federal public defender representing King, declined touch upon the case on Oct. 4.