The San Joaquin County Sheriffâs Office announced Wednesday that 53-year-old Christopher Lee Holland, of Lodi, faced two counts of murder in San Joaquin County Superior Court earlier that day in the homicide of James and Mary Reiswig.
According to the San Joaquin County Jail database, Holland was arrested Dec. 18, a day after the Reiswigs were found inside their rural Kingdon Road home west of Lodi and south of Flag City. Holland was booked on suspicion of two counts of robbery, two counts of murder, discharging a firearm, and using a firearm to cause great bodily injury.
A relative found the couple dead in their home at about 8 a.m. Dec. 17.
A man appeared in a San Joaquin County courtroom on Wednesday to face two counts of homicide in connection with the deaths of a Lodi couple.
Christopher Lee Holland, 53, of Lodi was already in custody on a parole violation at the time he was charged in the deaths of 77-year-old James Reiswig and 76-year-old Mary Reiswig. According to the San Joaquin County Jail website, he was booked on Dec. 18, a day after the couple was found dead.
Holland is charged with two counts of felony murder, two counts of first-degree robbery and firearms charges. He is being held without bail, and is due in court again at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 28.
The two people found dead in a West Kingdon Road home last week were identified by authorities Monday.
The San Joaquin County Medical Examinerâs Office identified the couple as James and Mary Reiswig, 77 and 76, respectively.
Last Thursday at about 8 a.m., the San Joaquin County Sheriffâs Office received a call from a person who entered their grandparentsâ home on the 5000 block of West Kingdon Road and found two people unresponsive.
The Sheriffâs Office was investigating the incident as a homicide, and had dispatched multiple teams of deputies to various locations in the county in search of a possible suspect or suspects.