Murder-suicide probe underway after alleged Tom Selleck impersonator scam targeted woman

Investigators are revealing much to the communicative successful a tragic lawsuit wherever an aged mates — linked to a Tom Selleck romance scam — were recovered dormant successful their California home.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office said the deaths of 80-year-old Donald Whitaker and 79-year-old Karen Whitaker connected May 15 are being investigated arsenic a murder-suicide.

Deputies accidental Karen Whitaker was a unfortunate of fiscal elder abuse.

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Karen Whitaker was a unpaid wrong the East Valley Republican Women Patriots successful California. (Joy Miedecke)

A adjacent person to the mates confirmed to Fox News Digital, that idiosyncratic posing arsenic celebrated histrion Selleck took vantage of Karen and conned her into forking implicit hundreds of dollars implicit a play of time.

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In a Facebook station pursuing the deaths of her parents, Rachel Whitaker Maw said successful part, "You were truthful loved and volition beryllium missed dearly by truthful many."

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In different station she said successful part, "It has been overwhelming and devastating, but we are taking it 1 infinitesimal astatine a time."

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Donald and Karen Whitaker were recovered dormant successful their California location Friday, May 15. (Joy Meidecke)

The sheriff's bureau said, "Currently, determination is nary grounds to bespeak that the chartless suspect(s) who were progressive successful the fiscal maltreatment are straight progressive successful the couple’s death."

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"At this time, the Riverside Sheriff’s homicide investigators proceed to analyse and exhaust each leads successful this homicide," RCSO said.

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The bureau went connected to say, "Homicide investigators are inactive actively investigating the incidental and volition implicit a thorough probe earlier releasing a last disposition."

Karen Whitaker seen lasting with Charlie Kirk. (Joy Miedecke)

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Riverside Sheriff's homicide investigators confirmed determination is nary menace to the nationalist pursuing the deaths.