'Distraught' dad finds baby, teen daughter dead in garage; police say mom is a suspect
The girls were found dead in the garage of their California home on Tuesday.
A "distraught" dad came home to find his 4-month-old daughter and 14-year-old daughter dead in their California home, and their mother alive but unresponsive.
No charges have been filed, but Ontario, California, police Sgt. Bill Russell said at a news conference on Wednesday that police are looking at the mother as the person "responsible."
The mother, who has not been identified, allegedly left suicide notes -- one in the house and one in the car -- saying she intended to kill the children and herself, Russell said. He did not elaborate on what the notes said.
![PHOTO:An Ontario Police officer interviews a neighbor sitting in his garage next door to a home where two children, an infant and a teenager, were found dead with their mother, who was unresponsive, Aug. 20, 2019, in Ontario, Calif.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/onatrio-2-ap-er-190821_hpEmbed_12x7_992.jpg)
The gruesome discovery was made on Tuesday, prompting the father to call police, Russell said. Ontario is about 40 miles east of Los Angeles.
The mother was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition, but has not been able to provide a statement to police, Russell said.
Russell said the children's father was never detained and gave a voluntary statement to police. The last time he saw his two children alive was when he let for work that morning, Russell said.
![PHOTO: Ontario Police stand outside the scene where two children, an infant and a teenager, were found dead with their mother, who was unresponsive, at a home, Aug. 20, 2019, in Ontario, Calif.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/onatrio-1-ap-er-190821_hpMain.jpg)
"He's lost everything at this point," Russell said of the father, calling the case a "horrible tragedy."
While the girls' cause of death has not been determined, police have called their deaths a double homicide. There was a struggle at the scene which may have played a factor in the deaths, Russell said.
Russell said "the mother was dealing with depression" but he did not elaborate or say if she was being treated.