In a gruesome murder-suicide case reported from the United State’s California, an Indian-origin man allegedly killed self in after murdering his wife and twin children, the authorities said.
The man has been identified as 37-year-old Anand Henry, an Indian-origin former Meta software engineer.
According to the San Mateo Police Department, Henry and his wife Alice Benziger, 36, were found dead in the bathroom of their home in Alameda de las Pulgas on Monday.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Benziger succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds, while Henry suffered from a single shot. A 9mm handgun registered to Henry was lying on the bathroom floor by their bodies.
On the other hand, the couple’s 4-year-old twin boys did not die from gunfire and showed no signs of trauma. The authorities have not yet determined their cause of death. Police allege that Henry was responsible for all four deaths.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Henry was employed as a software engineer in Meta and before that, he used to work for Google in a similar role. Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment, the Los Angeles Times reported.
At the time of his death, Henry was working in artificial intelligence while his wife Benziger worked for Zillow as a data scientist.
The couple hailed from Kerala and both attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Police said there was no history of violence at the home the only time they came to the house was when the family reported seeing a mountain lion in the backyard.
According to court records, the husband filed for divorce in December 2016 but did not go through with it. But when people who knew the family could not get in contact with them over the weekend, police responded to the scene to do a wellness check, according to the department.
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