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Husband Fernando Manrique suspected of killing his wife Maria Claudia Lutz & their children Martin & Elisa
Even the family dog wasn't spared in murder/suicide
Family of 4 dead in murder/suicide in Sydney neighborhood
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-17/four-people-found-dead-in-home-in-davidson/7938744A family of four, including two children with "significant disabilities", has been found dead in a home in Sydney's north, in what police have described as a "tragic" and "horrific" event.
Officers attended the home on Sir Thomas Mitchell Drive at Davidson about 11:20am on Monday following reports concerning the occupants' welfare.
...officers found a 43-year-old female, a 44-year-old male, a 10-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl dead at the home.
The family has been identified as Colombian nationals Maria Claudia Lutz and Fernando Manrique, and their children Elisa and Martin.
Superintendent Darcysaid "a large dog" was also found dead at the house.
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The ABC understands the children had autism.
"It's extremely confronting, the officers — we consistently have these concern for welfare cases, and unfortunately in some cases this is what the police are confronted with," Superintendent Darcy said.
"We have now commenced a thorough investigation, homicide squad are here with us, forensic services group are here.
"And we're gradually working our way through a very tragic circumstance to get to the bottom of it."
He said neither of the adults were known to police.
Husband built elaborate delivery system for deadly gas that would kill his family
http://www.wsfm.com.au/newsroom/how-davidson-father-built-gas-chamber-to-poison-his-family/Neighbours who saw him on the roof of the Davidson home with power tools over the weekend had no idea he was rigging up what has been described as an elaborate system to pump gas into the rooms.
Detectives are investigating the source of the poison found in gas canisters as family members in their home city of Bogota, Colombia, revealed the couple was on the verge of divorce.
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"He was cutting and banging and making all sorts of noise and pulling up tiles but I don’t really know what he was doing.” BOC gas employees yesterday inspected the property which was rigged throughout the roof to deliver the deadly fumes in what a police source described as an “extensive, elaborate and well planned” operation.
While police are leaning towards the fact that the Drake Business Logistics company executive acted alone, they have not been able to rule out the possibility of a murder-suicide pact with his wife.
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Mum 'found it impossible to cope'
http://m.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11730547According to the Daily Telegraph, those close to the family believe the demands of motherhood with two intellectually disabled children may have become too much for Ms Lutz. The young siblings' severe autism meant they were unable to speak.
Neighbours were reported yesterday as saying that Ms Lutz - a dedicated volunteer and fundraiser - and her partner waged a parenting battle that left her with a heavy heart and contemplating how to cope.
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So was it dad, mom or both who planned this tragedy?
Most news sources are reporting that the husband is the lone culprit & police have said they do not believe the wife was aware of the husband's plan to gas the family.
However, there are also articles that claim the mother was the person who was stressed & unable to cope with their disabled children (the children are reported to have been severely autistic & unable to speak)
And then there are reports that the couple, who may have been on the verge of divorce, planned the murder/suicide together???
So I've included articles that support each of the theories-- I don't know if they'll ever really know the truth?