UPDATE: Double homicide investigation underway in Milford, suspect arrested

6/10 UPDATE: Police have identified the two victims in this homicide as 31-year-old Mercedes Ortiz and 3-year-old Aloni Truong.

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6/6 UPDATE: Police have arrested a suspect in connection to this double homicide.

31-year-old Davis Truong has been arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder and two counts of possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony.

He is currently being held on a $2.2 million cash only bail.

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6/5 4:20 p.m. UPDATE: Milford Police are investigating a double homicide that occurred early Wednesday morning in Milford.

At around 4:45 a.m., officers were called to the 500 block of S. DuPont Boulevard for a report of a 31-year-old man who was bleeding from his head. Officers and EMS arrived at the scene and rendered aid to the man, who was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Further investigation led police to respond to a residence in the 6000 block of Peeblebrook Drive in the Brookstone Trace Development, where officers found a 31-year-old female and 3-year-old female, both deceased.

This incident remains under investigation. Police say they have a person of interest detained, and there is no threat to the public at this time.

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6/5 ORIGINAL STORY:

MILFORD, Del. – A criminal investigation is underway in Milford.

Details are limited at this time, but police are asking citizens to avoid the area of the Brookstone Trace Development/Peeblebrook Drive. There is a heavy police presence in the area.

We will be sure to update this article with the latest information as it becomes available.