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LOS ANGELES — An unemployed financial adviser apparently despondent over his troubles shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law and three children, ages 9, 12, and 7, before taking his own life, police said Monday.
Karthik Rajaram, 45, used a handgun he purchased Sept. 16, police said. Police believe he shot the victims sometime Saturday evening. They said he had left behind three letters indicating he had carried out the killings.
Rajaram previously had worked for Price Waterhouse and Sony Pictures and “had attested to some financial difficulties,” Los Angeles Deputy Police Chief Michel Moore said. “He had become despondent” over his financial situation.
