Matthew Taylor Coleman, 40, of Santa Barbara, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents while crossing into the United States from Mexico at the San Ysidro checkpoint and remained in federal custody, Mexican authorities said.
The arrest came after the bodies of two children, a 3-year-old girl and 1-year-old boy, were found Monday morning by a farmworker at a ranch near Rosarito in Baja California, said Hiram Sanchez, Baja California’s attorney general.A blood-stained wooden stake also was found, authorities said. Coleman and the children had checked into a Rosarito hotel on Saturday, but video footage showed them leaving before dawn on Monday, authorities said.Coleman founded a surfing school in Santa Barbara, northwest of Los Angeles, authorities said.
Police in Santa Barbara said Coleman’s wife had reported them missing and said she was concerned for their well-being.It wasn’t immediately clear whether he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
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