Indian-American couple, twin sons found dead at their home in California

An Indianorigin family including their 4yearold twin boys has been found dead at their home in California with the police investigating the case as a murdersuicide the second such incident in less than two months that has shocked the community in the USThe victims hailing from Kerala have been identified by the friends as Anand Sujith Henry his wife Alice Priyanka and their 4yearold twin boys NBC Bay Area reportedHowever the victims identities have not yet been released police saidThe incident took place in San Mateo on Monday police were quoted as saying by the the reportOn Monday Police said a 911 call spurred a welfare check at the location after someone reported they hadnt heard from the residents for some time They arrived and checked the exits of the home and found no signs of forced entryUnfortunately we located four deceased people inside the home One adult male One adult female and two children said Jerami Surratt public information officer with the San Mateo Police DepartmentThe case is being investigated as a murdersuicide police said on TuesdayAccording to court records the husband filed for divorce in December 2016 but apparently did not go through with itThe two young children were found inside a bedroom police saidThe children did not have any gunshot wounds Unfortunately they were found deceased so that will be part of the autopsy to figure out the cause of the childrens death Surratt said at a Tuesday afternoon press conferenceSources with direct knowledge of the investigation said police believe the boys were smothered strangled or given a lethal overdose because there was no sign of trauma on their bodiesThe man and woman were found inside a bathroom according to police They both had gunshot woundsA 9millimeter pistol and a loaded magazine were found in the bathroom police saidThe deaths appear to be an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public police saidWe are confident the person responsible was located within the home police said in a statementThis is not a normal call for anyone Its tragic for the family the community the officers said SurrattAt the State of the City address on Monday night San Mateo Mayor Lisa Diaz Nash held a moment of silence for the four people found dead in the homeIt was horrific it was devastating to all of us to the community as well as to our San Mateo Police officersNeighbors were shaken up by the tragedyMatthew Sheldon and his daughter Marianne have both lived in San Mateo their entire lives and they say theyve never seen anything like thisTheres hardly any deaths in this area ever Matthew saidOther neighbors noted that San Mateo despite how relatively safe and quiet isnt immune to death or tragedyThis incident is similar to the December 28 case where a wealthy Indianorigin couple and their teenage daughter were found dead in their USD 5 million mansion in MassachusettsRakesh Kamal 57 his wife Teena 54 and their 18yearold daughter Ariana were found dead in their 11bedroom and 13bathroom mansion last monthThere have been seven deaths of an Indian or IndianAmerican in the country in recent monthsOn February 10 a 41yearold Indianorigin IT executive died after suffering lifethreatening injuries during an assault outside a restaurant in WashingtonBefore that Syed Mazahir Ali an Indian student was attacked by robbers in ChicagoEarlier 25yearold Indian student Vivek Saini was fatally attacked in Georgia states Lithonia city by a homeless drug addictAnother student identified as 19yearold Shreyas Reddy Beniger was found dead in Ohio However local authorities have ruled out foul playSameer Kamath a 23yearold IndianAmerican student at Purdue University was found dead in a nature preserve in Indiana on February 5Another Indian student identified as Neel Acharya at Purdue University Indiana was confirmed dead days after being reported missing on January 28Akul B Dhawan an 18yearold at the University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign was found dead last month with signs of hypothermiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever