Unemployed financial adviser, Karthik Rajaram of Porter Ranch, California, shot and killed his three children, wife and mother-in-law, then shot himself on Saturday, October 4, 2008. The six bodies were found on Monday, October 6, 2008.CNN: Police: Jobless Father Kills Family, Self (October 6, 2008)
According to police, Rajaram had become "despondent over financial dealings and the financial situation of his household" and the murder-suicide was a direct result.Guardian Unlimited: [ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/07/usa1LA Man Shoots Family and then Himself] (October 7, 2008)
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Wife Subasri, mother-in-law Indra Ramasesham, and three children
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Children killed were 19-year-old UCLA honor student Krishna Rajaram, and two younger sons, ages 12 and sevenCNN: Police: Jobless Father Kills Family, Self (October 6, 2008)
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