Slayings rock quiet town after alleged Tom Selleck catfish targeted woman before couple found dead: friend

Authorities in California are carrying out a homicide investigation after deputies say an elderly married couple was found dead in their home on Friday, May 15. 

The Riverside County Sheriff's Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that 80-year-old Donald Whitaker and 79-year-old Karen Whitaker were found dead with "traumatic injuries" in their Bermuda Dunes, California, home.

Fox News Digital spoke with Joy Meidecke, who has been a close friend to the Whitakers for more than a decade.