- Valerie Lundeen, 62, was killed on Tuesday, at the couple’s Santa Barbara home
- She was the wife of Tarzan actor Ron Ely, 81, and was found stabbed to death
- On Wednesday cops said the couple’s son Cameron Ely, 30, was behind attack
- Cameron allegedly called police ‘crying’, claiming his dad attacked his mother
- He was a Harvard educated quarterback described as ‘supremely intelligent’
- Scout.com said the budding footballer had an ‘ability to make good decisions’
- Cameron graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, a $50,000 a year school
- Images show him enjoying costume parties with friends and family time
- One such picture shows a young Cameron with his godfather, Fess Parker
- He graduated with a degree in psychology in 2012 and was a security guard
- Valerie and Ron had been married for 35 years and had three children together
- The family had recently put their $4.8million Hope Ranch home up for sale
The killer son of Tarzan actor Ron Ely was a Harvard educated quarterback who enjoyed a charmed existence rubbing shoulders with his famous godfather Fess Parker and living at his parents’ exclusive $4.8 million property in Santa Barbara, DailyMail.com can reveal.
Cameron Ely, 30, was shot dead by officers on Tuesday after police found his mother Valerie Lundeen Ely, 62, with multiple stab wounds shortly after 8pm.
His elderly father Ron, 81, who played the title character on the NBC series Tarzan in the 1960s, had identified him as the suspect to authorities.
Described as ‘supremely intelligent’ by the university’s student newspaper, 6 foot 5 tall Cameron often posted pictures of his time studying at Harvard to his MySpace account in the early 2000s.
Scout.com said the budding footballer had an ‘ability to make good decisions’.
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+31View galleryTarzan actor Ron Ely’s wife Valerie was stabbed to death in their California home by their 30-year-old son, Cameron, who was then shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies, authorities said Wednesday. The 30-year-old, pictured, was a Harvard educated quarterback
+31View galleryA young Cameron with his godfather, Fess Parker. The western actor, who died in 2010, played Davy Crockett in a Walt Disney series. Cameron posted this image to his MySpace account
+31View galleryValerie Lundeen (second right), the wife of actor Ron Elys (second left), was stabbed to death by their own son Cameron Ely (far left). They pose above with the couple’s son-in-law Jason (third from left), daughter Kaitland (third from right) and daughter Kirsten (far right) in 2016
Cameron signed as the Ivy League’s quarterback in 2007 according to his Harvard profile, after graduating from his $50,000-a-year boarding school, Phillips Exeter Academy, and images show him enjoying costume parties with friends and time with his family.
He graduated with a degree in psychology in 2012, according to People, and was not listed on the football team roster after 2007.
The LA Times reports he was a licensed security guard for past two years.
In one of the pictures Cameron posted online, he is seen as a young teenager posing with his godfather, Fess Parker. The western actor, who died in 2010, played Davy Crockett in a Walt Disney series.
He proudly captioned the snap: ‘My godfather Fess Parker.’
In 2012 he joined his dad at an interview. After wandering away Ron commented: ‘Must have been [drawn away by] a pretty girl, because that’s the only thing that could draw him away.’
Little over a decade later he would be dead, after killing his mother and trying to blame the attack on his 81-year-old disabled father.
On Wednesday evening, the Sheriff’s Department confirmed that Cameron posed a threat when they found him on the grounds of the home and four deputies then opened fire, according to TMZ.
There was no report of Ron Ely, who retired from acting to focus on his family in 2001, being injured. Authorities confirmed he was at the home during the stabbing and the shooting, and an earlier sheriff’s statement said an elderly man in the home was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
+31View galleryDeputies found Valerie Lundeen Ely, 62, pictured with Ron, dead with multiple stab wounds shortly after 8pm on Tuesday, a Santa Barbara County sheriff’s statement said
+31View galleryThe couple’s home in Hope Ranch. The deputies talked to Ron Ely and identified his son, 30-year-old Cameron Ely, as the suspect, and found him outside the home in Hope Ranch, a suburb of luxury homes outside Santa Barbara, authorities said
+31View galleryCameron Ely posed a threat to deputies, four of whom opened fire and killed him, the statement said. It did not say what he had done that was threatening
+31View galleryImages show Cameron enjoying parties with friends and time with his sister Kiki, pictured
+31View galleryCameron signed as the Ivy League’s quarterback in 2007 after graduating his $50,000-a-year boarding school, Phillips Exeter Academy
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+31View galleryCameron, pictured, reportedly called police after allegedly killing his mother, a former Miss Florida, but blamed the attack on his 81-year-old disabled father
In audio obtained by The Blast, the original caller to the emergency services was a young male who said his ‘father tried to attack the mother’.
The operator adds that when the authorities called back the caller sounded ‘out of breath, unintelligible and crying’.
On Wednesday afternoon, Santa Barbara County Coroner’s Office was seen removing two bodies from Ely’s home – Valerie’s and her son’s.
Valerie and Ron had been married for 35 years and had three children together, Kirsten, Kaitland and Cameron.
The home in Hope Ranch, which boasts a tennis court and swimming pool, was one of two addresses listed in public records for Cameron Ely. It is understood the family recently put the five bedroom, six bathroom home up for sale for $4.8 million, according to Zillow.
The home has been up for sale for around a month and the asking price was slashed by 200k.
At first Lt. Erik Raney of the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office told CNN Ely told police a relative was involved in the death.
+31View galleryThe home in Hope Ranch, which boasts a tennis court and swimming pool, was one of two addresses listed in public records for Cameron Ely
+31View galleryIt is understood the family recently put the five bedroom home up for sale for $4.8million
+31View galleryPolice found Valerie stabbed to death inside this home and say her son Cameron was to blame
+31View galleryThe home has been up for sale for around a month and the asking price was slashed by 200k
+31View galleryCameron was found outside the home in Hope Ranch, a suburb of luxury homes outside Santa Barbara, authorities said
+31View galleryThere was no report of Ron Ely being injured. Authorities confirmed he was at the home during the stabbing and the shooting, and an earlier sheriff’s statement said an elderly man in the home was taken to a hospital for evaluation
+31View gallerySheriff’s deputies searched the ranch grounds where they found Cameron. They said the male suspect ‘presented a threat’ and was armed
+31View galleryA body bag is taken out of the home of Ron and Valerie Ely on Wednesday
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