SANTA BARBARA, CA. (THECOUNT) — Former Miss Florida, Valerie Lundeen, has been identified as the elderly woman found dead at the luxurious Santa Barbara Hope Ranch community home of Tarzan star Ron Ely, according to Wednesday morning reports.
It is unknown if Ely, 81, who is listed as the owner of the house, was at the “private beach” property at the time of the deadly incident.
It’s unclear what relationship, if any, Ely has to the elderly woman.
Radar is reporting Wednesday morning that authorities are investigating the incident as a possible homicide.
The Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department confirmed the news of their Twitter page this Wednesday, October 16.
Police were initially called to the property for a family disturbance at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, October 15, according to KCAL. When they arrived at the scene, shots were fired, and the suspect was killed.
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THIS IS ANOTHER OF THESE DUMB FOREIGN NEWS SERVICES, MAINLY CHINESE / RUSSIAN / PAKISTAN / INDIA AS CAN PLAINLY BE SEEN BY THE BAD GRAMMAR AND TOTAL LACK OF CORRECTNESS ... WHEN YOU SEE THESE SURROUNDED BY ADS DELETE AND MOVE ON !!!!!
haha so I'm not the only one who's noticed that "english is not my first language" kind of grammar on this site? i wonder who runs this site, and if they pick up the stories off the foreign language sites and just use a bad translation program to create an english language version instead of just searching for an actual english language version of the story to plagiarize.
your header is WRONG! she was not SHOT, she was STABBED... SMH
She wasn't shot, she was stabbed and she was his Wife, Valerie.
Yeah, that's a bizarre statement that the article makes. Yes, we do know there was a relationship between the two. And they've had three children together.
Exactly. In addition, it was one of their sons who stabbed her.