LAKE CACHUMA, California -- One of the attorneys for a California man who killed his 5-year-old son attempted to take her own life at the same place where the South Pasadena boy's body was found.
Sheriff's officials said 50-year-old Rebecca Lizarraga was armed with a gun near Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara and was threatening to kill herself on Thursday. At one point, deputies said she fired several rounds into the air, according to KEYT.
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Deputies used less-than-lethal weapons to take her into custody.
Lizarraga was the attorney for Aramazd Andressian, who in 2017 pleaded guilty to killing his 5-year-old son and then dumping the body near Lake Cachuma.
The young child had been reported missing by his mother for several months after he never came home from a visit with his father. The man later told L.A. County detectives he suffocated his son and left his body in Santa Barbara County.
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Andressian was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
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