What a sad story. And even sadder is the fact that we’ll probably be seeing more of this in the coming months/years.

Upset over finances, man kills family, self

Police say victims include man’s wife, three children and mother-in-law

LOS ANGELES - An unemployed man with an advanced finance degree who was despondent over his own financial problems shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and then himself in an upscale home in a gated community, police said Monday.

Officers found the bodies Monday morning after the wife failed to show up at a neighbor’s home to go to work, Deputy Chief Michel Moore said. The deaths occurred sometime after Saturday evening. [...]

The notes attest to the man’s financial difficulties, and he takes responsibility for killing his family members, Moore said.