Double Murder Charges Filed Against Son in Parents' Hemet Deaths

Double murder charges were filed Tuesday against a 42- year-old Orange County man accused in the shooting deaths of his parents at their Hemet mobile home.

David Michael Underwood of Yorba Linda was scheduled to be arraigned at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta Tuesday afternoon on the two murder counts.

He also faces a special circumstance allegation of committing more than one murder -- which could make him eligible for the death penalty if prosecutors choose to pursue it -- and sentence-enhancing firearm-use allegations.

He allegedly gunned down 71-year-old Michael Underwood and 68-year-old Laura Underwood last Thursday morning at the Hemet West Mobile Estates, 5001 Florida Ave.

Hemet police Chief Dave Brown said last week that Underwood was arrested without incident in Anaheim late Thursday afternoon. He did not disclose a motive for the killings.

The suspect is being held without bail at the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta.

— City News Service.