Man arrested in father’s stabbing death

A Grand Terrace man suspected in the stabbing death of his father was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon.

According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Thomas Harker Jr. was arrested Wednesday afternoon in connection with the stabbing death of his father, Thomas Harker Sr.

The elder Harker was discovered outside his mobile home in the 221100 block of Newport Ave. at approximately 8 a.m. Monday. He had knife wounds to his neck and upper body. The younger Harker, who lived with his father, couldn’t be located.

Harker Jr. was located Wednesday outside the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Behaviorial Health Unit and was arrested for his father’s murder.

– posted at 5:16 p.m. by Cathy Maestri

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