'Planned to kill his entire family': Father choked his 2-year-old to death in the middle of the night and tried to strangle sleeping girlfriend, but she fought back — saving herself and another child, cops say

A 33-year-old California antheral is accused of strangling his 2-year-old lad to decease during an effort to "kill his full family" that yet failed erstwhile the man's woman fought him disconnected and saved their different child.

Investigators determined that 33-year-old Adrian Joseph Lujan choked his lad to death. Lujan is facing charges of murder and attempted murder. He could besides look kid endangerment charges.

According to the San Benito County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a "baby not breathing" telephone successful the 100 artifact of The Alameda successful San Juan Bautista, astir 45 miles southbound of San Jose. Medics entered the location and recovered the babe unconscious and not breathing. They rushed the lad to a children's infirmary wherever doctors aboriginal pronounced him dead.

The girlfriend, 34, aboriginal told deputies that she was sleeping erstwhile Lujan allegedly woke her up and began strangling her. She was capable to "fight him off" and helium fled the flat successful a Ford Fusion, cops said. She looked for her 2-year-old lad but did not find him successful his bed.

She past saw the lad connected the couch. He was bluish and appeared unconscious. Her 4-year-old was successful the apartment, unharmed. She called 911.

Deputies began a manhunt for Lujan. Using postulation cameras, deputies tracked him to Merced County. They "pursued him, and arrested him aft a carnal encounter," cops wrote.

In an interrogation with detectives, helium allegedly confessed to the execution of his son. Authorities person yet to found a motive.

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"We're inactive picking isolated what his motive would person been to bash this," San Benito County Sheriff Eric Taylor told section ABC/NBC affiliate KSBW. "We bash judge that helium planned to termination his full household earlier being interrupted based connected his statement."

Lujan remains successful the San Benito Jail. His adjacent tribunal day is not listed.