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The North Hills community in California is in shock after a couple and their two young children were found dead last week in an apparent murder-suicide. Authorities have now released the family’s identities and new case details.
The woman is accused of killing her husband and two young children in what has been described as a “murder-suicide.” Speaking to People Magazine, Los Angeles Police Department officer Rosario Cervantes said police officers responded to the shooting at a home on Londelius Street in North Hills, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, on May 27 at 7:50 pm.
Inside, officers found the bodies of two adults and two minors. Now, the bodies have been identified as Marine Basmaijan, 31, her husband, Khajag Bamaijan, and two children: Alec Basmaijan, 2, and Ella Basmaijan, who was only six days old, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed to People.
According to the Medical Examiner’s report after the May 27 discovery, Marine died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Khajag died from a gunshot wound to the head, with his death being ruled a homicide.
Police say the woman shot and killed her husband and the couple’s two young children before pulling the trigger on herself.
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In the aftermath, neighbors shared their impressions with local media outlets. One neighbor told KTLA they never saw the family fighting, while another told The Los Angeles Times that Marine might have experienced postpartum depression, though nothing has been confirmed.
‘It’s so depressing, it’s so devastating for everyone. Postpartum [depression] is real,’ Karen Banuelos, referring to the fact that the woman had given birth to her second chiöld just days before the killing, said.“To get possessed to do that? It’s just, there’s no words,” added Banuelos.