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Post by QuickAttack on Oct 6, 2008 23:45:35 GMT -5
By Richard Winton and Ari B. Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers October 7, 2008 An unemployed financial advisor apparently despondent over his troubles shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law and three children before taking his own life in a gated community in the northwest San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles police said today. Officers responding to a call from concerned friends found the bodies about 8:30 a.m. in a two-story house in the 20600 block of Como Lane in Porter Ranch, said LAPD Deputy Chief Michel Moore. "We believe this to be a murder-suicide," Moore said. "It appears [the gunman] killed his family and then took his own life." Karthik Rajaram, 45, used a handgun he purchased Sept. 16, Moore said. The weapon was found still in his grasp, he said. The bodies of the man's 39-year-old wife, 69-year-old mother-in-law Indra Ramasesham, and three sons -- ages 19, 12 and 7 -- were found inside the home's various bedrooms. Authorities had earlier said that one of the victims was the gunman's mother but now say it was his mother-in-law. Friends and neighbors identified the suspect's wife as Subasri Rajaram and said the close-knit family had lived in the neighborhood for a few years. All of the victims were shot in the head and some were shot multiple times, Moore said at an afternoon news conference in front of the house. "This is a perfect American family behind me that has absolutely been destroyed," he said. "It is critical to step up and recognize we are in some pretty troubled times." MORE: www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-porterranch7-2008oct07,0,7425239.story
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Post by SeabiscuitChick on Oct 7, 2008 9:38:11 GMT -5
Aww hell...economic hardships or not. You guys know every year a guy offs his family for some money reason. Those wacky murder-suicides always happen to these fucking no-cash-handling-cowards!
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