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California Man Accused of Killing Son, Torturing Rest of FamilyMar 24, 2011 – 3:34 PM .READING THIS NOW

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SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- Police have arrested a 35-year-old man they say killed his son and tortured the rest of his family in a bloody rampage.

Police responded to a house in this Southern California desert community Wednesday after neighbors reported a man screaming for help. They found Ian Anthony Roderiquez standing inside the house and talked him into coming outside, where he was detained.

Once inside, police found Roderiquez's family -– his wife and five children between the ages of 8 and 16. The oldest son, Richard, 16, was dead, and the remaining victims were seriously injured, San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Jodi Miller said.

"I have not in my career seen anything similar to this," Miller told AOL News. Without being more specific, she said two instruments of torture were used.

Roderiquez was booked on one count of murder, four counts of attempted murder and six counts of torture. He remains jailed without bail.

Neighbors reported seeing the blood-covered victims wheeled out on gurneys to waiting ambulances.

"Their faces looked like bees stung them. That's how swollen they were," neighbor Denise Symeou told the Riverside Press-Enterprise. She said wife Sujal Roderiquez was wrapped in a blanket and "her hair was drenched with blood."

Sujal Roderiquez remains hospitalized today in critical condition. Two of her children were released from the hospital Wednesday night, and the other two remain hospitalized with injuries that are not life threatening, Miller said.

Neighbors sobbed outside the home, recalling what they said was a volatile relationship between Roderiquez and his eldest son. The boy had moved out of the home to stay with a grandparent because of the problems.

Sponsored Links"On Friday I was out here and his dad was yelling at Richard really bad," neighbor Stephanie Perez told the Press-Enterprise. "He would yell, 'Richard!' really loud and slam the doors."

The rest of the children would frequently walk through the neighborhood, asking neighbors for food.

"The kids would always say they were hungry, so I would always give the kids food," neighbor Sofia Symeou told the newspaper. "One time, the dad said, 'Don't give them any more food!' "

Perez said she witnessed a younger girl asking for food and that she never went to school.