6 members of a desi family were found dead in a house in the San Fernando Valley area (hattip: Annu). At a news conference this afternoon, LAPD Deputy Chief Michel Moore characterized the incident as an apparent murder suicide (Link).

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 report that the Rajaram, an financial advisor who had worked for major accounting firms in the past, had been unemployed for a few months now and become increasingly despondent. Police found three letters, addressed to the police, his friends and his extended family.

Moore said the several-page narrative appeared to have been written over a period of time. “This was something that was not a spur-of-the-moment type of event,” he said.

Our heart goes out to the Rajaram family. May their souls rest in peace.

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