SALEM, Ore. -- A 20-year-old Salem man and his 46-year-old girlfriend were arrested Tuesday after the man's parents were found murdered in their Dallas-area home.
Polk County Sheriff's deputies said they found the bodies of 61-year-old David Scott Jondle and his 58-year-old wife Marilyn Ruth Jondle at their home on Gilliam Road.
They ran the Abundant Life Farm near Dallas.
Video: Scott and Marilyn Jondle describe their new farm life
Detectives said they did not know the cause of death, but it appeared both victims had suffered trauma.
Police from several area agencies and Oregon State troopers went to the apartmente of the Jondle's son on Royvonne Avenue in Salem around 11:30 p.m.
There they arrested Andrew Jondle and his girlfriend, Cindy Lou Beck.
Andrew Jondle was charged with aggravated murder and Beck, for hindering prosecution. He was held without bail as detectives continued to investigate.
According to a website of the family's business, David worked as a software engineer with aerospace companies for several years while Marilyn homeschooled their three sons.
The family decided to start their own farm in 2000.
