Overview

• Authorities filed five felony counts, including two first-degree murder charges with special circumstances, against 47-year-old Darin McFarlin.
• Additional counts include attempted murder of another child, inflicting injury on the girlfriend before the shooting, and felony child abuse tied to the surviving child.
• McFarlin entered a not-guilty plea at his initial appearance, with a status hearing set for Sept. 29 and a preliminary hearing scheduled for Oct. 16.
• Deputies responding Aug. 21 found a woman dead at a Cameron Park home and a boy who later died at a hospital, while a second child was located safe.
• Investigators detained McFarlin in Mono County and booked him into the El Dorado County Jail, and Cal Fire confirmed he is a longtime captain in the Amador–El Dorado unit.