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The FOX True Crime Podcast

Investigators Probe Motive In Fatal Shooting Of Simi Valley Couple

The FOX True Crime Podcast

Fox News

True Crime

4.7 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Police say a California couple was fatally shot in their garage by their adult son, who later died by suicide, as investigators are still searching for a motive behind the tragic attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I'm Gianna Jalosi with your Fox True Crime Minute.

0:38.5

A California radiologist and his wife were found fatally shot outside their home, and police say their son, who later died by suicide, is the main suspect. Seamy Valley police responded to reports

0:44.1

of gunfire at a home in the area and found 53-year-old Eric Cordes and his 66-year-old wife, Vicky,

0:49.8

with multiple gunshot wounds inside their open garage. They were taken to a trauma center where they later died. Detective say the shooter approached the open garage, open fire, and fled in a black

0:59.5

sedan with out-of-state plates. Police say that car belonged to 37-year-old Keith Cordes, the son of

1:04.8

Eric and stepson of Vicky, who was from Kentucky. Police tracked the car to Chino and found it on fire

1:09.7

with Keith dead inside from a self-inflicted

1:11.8

gunshot wound. A neighbor told the New York Post, a man matching the suspect's description was lingering

1:16.5

near the home earlier in the day, staking out the home and waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

1:21.2

No word on a motive. There's more on this story at Fox News.com or subscribe to the Fox True Crime

1:25.5

podcast. I'm Gianna Jalot with your Fox True Crime Minute.

1:30.1

This is Ainsley Earhart. Thank you for joining me for the 52 episode podcast series, The Life of

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