Amanda Crews (right), a doctor in Turlock and Modesto, has been identified by friends and family as one of five victims in a Modesto homicide.
Police think Martinez killed his 57-year-old mother, Anna Brown Romero, on Saturday as well.
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Martin Martinez
Person of interest sought after 5 found dead in CA home
MODESTO, CA (KCRA/CNN) - Police were investigating after the bodies of five people - two adults and three children - were found in a home.
Authorities have identified a person of interest in the case.
"I don't know how they succumbed to their injuries or what transpired beforehand," said Heather Graves, Modesto Police spokesperson. "It's still pretty early in the investigation, so detectives are trying to obtain all the information that they can."
Investigators said the deaths are homicides, although they didn't say how they died, their ages or their relationship to each other.
Around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, officers received a call asking them to check on the home.
"Either the family member or somebody the residents know called and showed some concern with the residence, and that's when we came out," Graves said. "When officers arrived, they found five deceased inside the residence."
Neighbors of the quiet community came outside their homes to see about the commotion. Never did they expect to find a crime scene of this magnitude where they live.
"You just don't expect that in your neighborhood. You think it's safe. You think it's quiet, and then you see this," neighbor Shawna Avery said.
Modesto Police identified 30-year-old Martin Martinez as a "person of interest" in the deaths.
They said he may be driving a red 2000 Lincoln Navigator, and should be considered armed and dangerous.
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