I'd like to believe this will be the last story of this type that we read about. The Lupoe family of Los Angeles are tragically no longer living, after the distraught parents reportedly murdered their children and committed suicide.
Antonio and Ana Lupoe were both reportedly fired from their jobs and at Kaiser Permanente.
Not much else is known yet, including the reason for the alleged firing. What is known is that the Lupoes had 2 sets of twins (5 and 2) and an 8-year-old. A note faxed to a local TV station alerted media to the mass slaying.
http://www.startribune.com/...
This is similar (at least on the surface; again little is known) to the tragedy of the Rajmaram family, also of California. Mr. Rajaram, distraught over financial losses after losing his job, killed his family.
This stands in stark contrast to the (thankfully) failed purchase of a multi-million dollar jet by Citigroup, courtesy of the bailout money. It's surreal. People are scared, desperate, and seeing no way out.
UPDATE From a CBS affiliate:
shot his wife, five young children and himself at their harbor-area home Tuesday.
Shortly before the killings, Lupoe faxed a letter to a TV station claiming that he and his wife had been fired from jobs as medical technicians and she suggested they kill themselves and their children, too.
"Why leave the children to a stranger?" Lupoe wrote, according to KABC-TV.
KABC reported that Lupoe claimed in the fax that an administrator rebuffed them when they showed up to work, told them to file a union grievance and said, "You should have blown your brains out."
Lupoe wrote that they filed a grievance but nothing was done and two days later they were fired, KABC said.
"They did nothing to the manager who started such and did not attempt to assist us in the matter, knowing we have no job and five children under 8 years old with no place to go. So here we are," the note said.
At the bottom of the note, the man wrote, "Oh lord, my God, is there no hope for a widow's son?"
If this is redundant, I will take it down. If anyone has more current information please post in the comments!
Peace,
MK