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.
Officers found the bodies Monday morning after the wife failed to show up at a neighbor's home to go to work. The deaths occurred sometime after Saturday evening. A handgun that had been bought Sept. 16 was found in the father's grasp. Karthik Rajaram, 45, left two suicide notes — one for police and one for friends and relatives — and a will.
The notes attest to Rajaram's financial difficulties, and he takes responsibility for killing his family members. Officers found the mother-in-law, Indra Ramasesham, 69, dead in bed on the first floor. Upstairs, they found a 19-year-old son, Krishna Rajaram, dead in bed in the master bedroom. The gunman's 39-year-old wife, Subasri, was found in another room, also apparently shot while sleeping. In an adjoining room, a 12-year-old son, Ganesha, was dead on the floor, and his 7-year-old brother, Arjuna, was dead in bed. The victims were shot multiple times.
Rajaram had a master's of business administration in finance, formerly worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Sony Pictures, but had been unemployed for several months.
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