Eastern District Prosecutor and Wife Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide
A spokesperson for the Placer County Sheriff's office indicated investigators believe that Timothy Delgado, an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of California, shot and killed his wife Tamara before killing himself.
March 09, 2020 at 03:19 PM
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Law enforcement officials in Placer County have announced that they are investigating the Sunday shooting deaths of a federal prosecutor and his wife as a murder-suicide.
A spokesperson for the Placer County Sheriff's office indicated Monday that investigators believe that Timothy Delgado, a 43-year old assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of California, shot and killed his wife Tamara, 45, before killing himself. A spokesperson for the office told the Associated Press that Tamara Delgado's mother called the office asking that they check on the couple, bringing officers to their home in Granite Bay, a Sacramento suburb about 20 miles Northeast of the city. The sheriff's office closed the area to traffic Sunday to conduct a homicide investigation.
We are investigating yesterday's homicide as a murder/suicide. Decedents are Timothy Delgado, 43, & Tamara Delgado, 45, of Granite Bay. We believe that Mr. Delgado fatally shot his wife before turning the gun on himself. Mr. Delgado was a prosecutor with the US Attorney's Office. pic.twitter.com/ggk2MYeXSv
— Placer Sheriff (@PlacerSheriff) March 9, 2020
A spokesperson for the Eastern District U.S. attorney's office said that office was notified of the death of the federal prosecutor and his wife Sunday. "We were informed that Mr. Delgado and his wife were found deceased in their home," said office spokeswoman Lauren Harwood, in an email Monday. "The Placer County Sheriff's Office is investigating with the assistance of FBI, and we are fully cooperating with the investigation," she said.
According to a search of the Eastern District docket, Delgado handled a mix of drug and gun prosecutions as well as defending government entities in prisoner civil rights lawsuits. According to State Bar records, Delgado graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and has been licensed in the state since 2011.
Free, confidential services are available 24/7 for people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress and for those around them. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). A crisis text line is at 741-741.
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