Authorities say Tarzan actor Ron Ely’s wife was stabbed to death in their southern California home by the couple’s son, who police subsequently shot and killed.
A Santa Barbara County sheriff’s statement said deputies found 62-year-old Valerie Lundeen Ely dead with multiple stab wounds inside the house on Tuesday night.
The statement says deputies identified the suspect as the couple’s son, 30-year-old Cameron Ely, who was found outside the house after a search.
Authorities say after an unspecified threat, four deputies fired on Cameron Ely and he was killed.
There was no report of the 81-year-old Ron Ely being injured.
An earlier sheriff’s statements said an elderly man from the home was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Ron Ely starred in a Tarzan TV series on NBC from 1966 to 1968.
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