NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office said that the man whose body was found along with that of a woman in a minivan in Fort Bragg earlier this month has been identified.
Jim Tat Kong, 51, of San Pablo was found in the front passenger seat of a minivan parked in the 31000 Block of Highway 20 on the afternoon of Oct. 17, according to a report from Lt. Greg Van Patten.
Authorities previously had identified the woman found in the vehicle's driver's seat as 38-year-old Cindy Bao Feng Chen of San Francisco, as Lake County News has reported.
Van Patten said forensic autopsies were performed on Kong and Chen on Oct. 18 in connection with the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office's active homicide investigation into the death of the pair.
The preliminary results of the autopsies showed both died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the head, Van Patten said.
He added that toxicology and blood alcohol analysis remains pending.
The case is still being actively investigated by sheriff's detectives and anyone with information pertaining to the investigation is asked to contact the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office "tip line" at 707-234-2100.