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Victims ID'd In Murder-Suicide Where Bloody Spear Was Found At Scene

A niece and her uncle were among those who died in an apparent murder-suicide last week in Orange County.

SANTA ANA, CA — Two victims and a suspect were identified by the Orange County Coroner after they died in an apparent murder-suicide in Santa Ana last week.

Officers with the Santa Ana Police Department said the victim called 911 while her boyfriend stabbed her and her relative.

Authorities said they found the bodies of 25-year-old Jordan Block and her uncle, 64-year-old Brian Xan Martin, inside his business unit in the 1200 block of E. Chestnut Avenue.

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Investigators said Block's boyfriend, identified as 25-year-old Cameron Delani Clark, shot and stabbed the uncle and his niece to death before shooting himself.

The Orange County Fire Authority reported Block and Martin dead at the scene. Paramedics took Clark to the hospital in critical condition, where he died three days later.

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Officers found a firearm and multiple edged weapons at the business unit, including a bloody spear lying outside the unit.

No further information was immediately available.

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