Financial Crisis Caused Murder-suicide in Paradise

Financial Difficulties Lead Father to Kill Wife, Mother-in-law and Three Children in California Gated Community


Former PricewaterhouseCoopers and Sony Pictures employee went a killing rampage after being unemployed for several months. The unemployed accounting industry worker became despondent and withdrawn. Living in an upscale, large home in a California gated community, the father could not take it any longer. Watching the credit crunch or contraction and the tight economic market and the changing of Wall Street business model, he realized that his chances of getting a job were almost nil. He could not count on his master's of business administration in finance to get him a job. Ill-advised, he decided to take matters in his own hand. He unleashed all his demons on his unsuspecting family.

Police investigating the case in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Porter Ranch found a handgun which was purchased on Sept. 16, 2008. They recovered where the father's body was located. The man used it to kill his 39-year old wife, 70-year-old mother-in-law, and his sons aged 19, 12, and 7. It is worth nothing that the family did not own the home.

The father created hell for his wife and his children as he went from room to room to commit these killings. In his suicide letters, he attests to some financial difficulties, takes responsibility for the taking of his family members and himself as a result of these financial hardships. The financial dealings and situation of his household overwhelmed him.


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