The death of a baby found Monday on a highway has been linked to a possible murder-suicide in Los Angeles, police told ABC News.
Early Monday morning, the body of an 8-month-old girl was found on the 405 Freeway. A 9-year-old girl was found on the shoulder, alive but with moderate injuries, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Shortly after, a woman — who police identified as the children’s mother — crashed her car into a tree in Redondo Beach. She was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Police identified her on Tuesday afternoon as Danielle Johnson, 34.
Authorities on Monday found the father dead from apparent stab wounds in an apartment in Woodland Hills. He was identified by police on Tuesday as Jaelen Chaney, 29.
Police said Tuesday that during the early hours of Monday morning, the two “became involved in a verbal altercation that escalated into Johnson becoming violent, stabbing Chaney, who succumbed to his injuries at scene.”
A knife with biological evidence was recovered at the scene.
