Bay Area software engineer allegedly killed wife and 4-year-old twin boys
02/15/2024 11:55 am PST
SAN MATEO, Calif. (TCD) -- Police reportedly found a man, his wife, and two 4-year-old twin boys dead in their home this week.
According to a news release from the San Mateo Police Department, officers made the discovery on Monday, Feb. 12, shortly after 9 a.m., when they went to conduct a welfare check in the 4100 block of Alameda de la Pulgas. The adults, identified by KNTV-TV as Anand Sujith Henry and his wife Alice Benziger, were found in a bathroom dead from gunshot wounds.
Police did not see "any signs of forced entry into the house" and found an unlocked window before entering.
According to KUTV-TV, the man allegedly shot his wife in the bathtub before turning the gun on himself. Police recovered a 9 mm pistol nearby, which was reportedly legally purchased three months ago.
Officers found the two young boys in a bedroom. The cause of their deaths is still under investigation. According to KNTV, there were allegedly no signs of trauma on the children’s bodies, and police believe the boys could have been strangled or given a lethal overdose.
Henry reportedly filed for divorce from his wife in December 2016, but they didn’t finalize it.
Before his death, Henry worked as a software engineer at various companies, including Meta, according to his LinkedIn profile.
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