LA Dad Kills Wife and Five Children Before Turning Gun on Himself

LA Dad Kills Wife and Five Children Before Turning Gun on Himself. All seven were found in their LA home.  Before killing his family and his self, he sent a suicide note to a television station that explained his decision.

Ervin Lupoe, the Dad apparently called 911 and contacted a television station by fax before committing suicide, authorities said.

Authorities found the bodies of all seven family members inside their home in the Wilmington area of LA and a revolver was found near the body of Ervin Lupoe.

The suicide note sent to the TV station, stated that the man and his wife, had just been laid off as medical technicians at Kaiser Permanente, West Los Angeles Medical Center.The letter went on to say that it was the wife who suggested shooting the couple’s children. They were an 8 year old daughter, twin 5 year old daughters and twin 2 year old sons. According to the letter they did not want to leave the children to a stranger.

“No words can describe this tragedy,” said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. “There’s no way to comprehend this unspeakable act.”

Police were alerted by KABC-TV, who said the station had received a faxed letter and a call from an individual who was threatening suicide. Responding officers found all seven bodies inside the home, said Capt. William Hayes.

A suicide note found at the scene “indicated a business dispute” between Lupoe and Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center, Hayes said. In the faxed note to KABC, the man said he was despondent over an employment situation, police said.

Kaiser Permanente said Lupoe and his wife, Ana, were both former employees of the medical center. Both had been terminated, Hayes said, with Lupoe’s termination coming last week. It appears there were grounds for the termination and it did not come as a result of layoffs, he said.

“There is no reason to believe this is anything other than a murder-suicide,” Lt. John Romero said. “There is no current threat to the community, no active search for a suspect.”

The father and the three girls were found in one upstairs room of the home, the mother and twin boys in another, police said. Deputy Police Chief Kenneth Garner described the scene as one of the most grisly police have encountered.

It is had to believe that an LA Dad Kills Wife and Five Children Before Turning Gun on Himself  and no one hear anything an didn’t call the police. It is hard to believe that one could become so despondent that they would kill their whole family and then their self. Depression is a hard and strange thing that with out help…well you can see the end results, it can be horrific. BBAC sends our deepest sympathy to the Lupoe family and friends.

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