Detectives are investigating whether a firefighter suspected of killing his wife, who was a sheriff's deputy, and himself Sunday used his fire radio to alert authorities to her death and his impending suicide.
Shortly after neighbors in La Canada Flintridge called 911 to report a woman screaming, an unidentified male voice on an emergency services channel referenced the call.
Speaking rapidly, but calmly, the voice announced, “There’s going to be one DB” – emergency responder shorthand for “dead body.”
“No assailants. You can let them know it’s clear,” he continued, according to a scanner recording reviewed by The Times.