Aw hell; Family of 7 dead in apparent murder-suicide

[Tuckerfan]

You can expect more.

Sampson Blair, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology at UB, says, “Family murder-suicide is still relatively uncommon, but I expect an increase in such incidents over the next few years because economic strain on families provokes depression and desperation.”

He adds that family researchers have long pointed to how financial and occupational stressors can negatively impact the quality of family relationships.

“The economic situation also portends a significant increase in other forms of family violence, including spousal and child abuse, child neglect and other forms of dysfunctional behavior like substance abuse,” Blair explains.

[BMax]

@link in OP

Ervin Lupoe and his wife Ana were fired by Kaiser for forging documents when applying for subsidized child care through a program that assists low-income families.

“They actually forged the names of individuals as part of that documentation that they were providing to an outside agency,” said Diana Bonta, Kaiser Permanente vice president of public affairs.

"So we were then forced, as part of good employment practices, to have to terminate their employment.

You can understand where a healthcare institution, and having individuals who would falsify records, is not in keeping with our employment practices."

Police say Erwin Lupoe was also awash in debt and behind on his mortgage.

Lupoe owed the Internal Revenue Service at least $15,000 and a check he wrote the agency for that amount had just bounced.

Property records show that in 1996, the Lupoes were taken to court by the state Employment Development Department because they had received excess benefits.

A judgment was entered against them in the amount of $1,689.

He also was at least one month behind on a mortgage for his home in Wilmington, near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Lupoe owed about $2,500 and a late fee, Cortez said.

He also owed thousands more on a home equity line of credit.

It wasn’t just that they lost their jobs; that was probably the last straw. I’m not condoning or excusing what they did, but these folks had really fucked themselves and they knew it. It is unspeakably sad that their series of bad decisions ended with murdering their children.