I can not believe that the wife was willing to die with the kids.Very  very 
sad indeed. God have mercy.
hous 
 
 
 




LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- It  was described as one of the most grisly 
scenes Los Angeles police had ever  encountered: the bodies of five small 
children and their parents, all shot to  death, in two upstairs rooms of the 
family's home. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A photo on Ervin Lupoe's Facebook page shows his wife and  five children. 


 
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"The reaction on their faces was not a pretty sight,"  neighbor Jasmine Gomez 
told CNN. "There was an officer who came out of the house  throwing up." 
But even more incomprehensible to some was the story that  emerged after the 
bodies were found Tuesday: A father who, after he and his wife  were fired 
from their jobs, killed all six family members before turning the gun  on 
himself. 
In a letter faxed to Los Angeles television station KABC  before his suicide, 
Ervin Antonio Lupoe blamed his former employer for the  deaths, detailing his 
grievance against Kaiser Permanente's West Los Angeles  Medical Center, where 
he and his wife Ana had worked as technicians.  _Watch how the note brought  
police to the home »_ 
(http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/28/family.dead.california/index.html#cnnSTCVideo)  
Lupoe, 40, claimed the couple was being investigated for  "misrepresentation 
of our employment to an outside agency for the benefit to  ourselves's [sic], 
childcare." He said the initial interview was held on  December 19, and when 
he reported for work on December 23, "I was told by my  administrator ... that 
'You should not even have bothered to come to work today.  You should have 
blown your brains out.'" 
"Oh lord, my God," the letter concludes. "Is there no hope  for a widow's 
son?"  
Kaiser Permanente said in a statement Tuesday night that  while the company 
is "saddened by the despair in Mr. Lupoe's letter faxed to the  media ... we 
are confident that no one told him to take his own life or the  lives of his 
family." 
The Lupoes' employment was terminated over a week ago "after  an internal 
investigation," the company said. 
"While we may never fully understand why today's senseless  deaths occurred, 
everyone who worked with the Lupoes is shocked and terribly  saddened by the 
tragedy," said the statement. "It never should have happened."  
 
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Lupoe wrote in the fax, "after a horrendous ordeal, my wife  felt it better 
to end our lives; and why leave our children in someone else's  hands ... we 
have no job and 5 children under 8 years with no place to go. So  here we are." 
Ana Elizabeth Lupoe was 38, according to the Los Angeles  County coroner's 
office. The children were identified as 8-year-old Brittney  Nicole; 5-year-old 
twins Jaszmin Lissette and Jassely Lisbeth; and 2-year-old  twins Christian De 
Shawn and Benjamin Ryan. 
Lupoe and the girls were found in what appeared to be an  upstairs bonus 
room, police said Wednesday. Ana Lupoe and the boys were found in  the master 
bedroom. 
Police believe Lupoe also called KABC and threatened  suicide, prompting the 
station to notify police. At about the same time KABC  contacted police, Lupoe 
called 911 and reported returning home and finding his  family dead, 
authorities said. 
Among those struggling to comprehend the news was Lupoe's  83-year-old 
grandmother, Josephine Lupoe of Atlanta, Georgia. She sobbed as she  told CNN, "I 
just can't believe it." 
She said Lupoe was born in Atlanta, but moved to Detroit,  Michigan, with his 
parents as a child before moving to California. She recalled  visiting the 
family when they lived in San Jose, California, "but that was years  ago," she 
said. "I hadn't been to visit them since he got married and  moved." 
She said she last heard from him when he called her to say  they were having 
a second set of twins. 
"Every time I called, he was at work," Josephine Lupoe said.  "He worked a 
lot, and even when I talked with him, he would be at work." But she  said she 
had no indication of problems within the family. 
She said she spoke with Lupoe's mother a couple of days ago,  and they 
discussed his sending pictures of the boys. "And then I hear this," she  said 
tearfully. 
Lupoe's mother was traveling to California on Wednesday, she  said, but 
Josephine Lupoe said she is unable to travel. 
Lupoe's co-workers told the Los Angeles Times they  remembered the Lupoes as 
cheerful, good workers and caring parents. 
Ana Lupoe was "always talking about the kids," said  co-worker Hamlet 
Narvaez. 
On Ervin Lupoe's Facebook page, which previously displayed  pictures of the 
family, he describes himself as a graduate of the University of  Southern 
California.  
The page could not be found Wednesday. In a written  statement, Facebook 
spokeswoman Rebecca Hahn told CNN, "When it comes to our  attention that a user 
has passed away, we put the profile in a memorial state.  In the memorial state, 
certain profile sections and features are hidden from  view to protect the 
privacy of the departed. We encourage users to utilize  groups and group 
discussions to mourn and remember the deceased."  
Cherise Pounders-Caver, principal of the children's school,  Crescent Heights 
Elementary, said Lupoe showed up to check the three older  children out of 
school about two weeks ago and told her the family was moving to  Kansas, the 
Times reported. 
Police said Wednesday school administrators were notified  "several weeks 
prior" to the deaths that the children would no longer be  attending.  
The deaths sent shock waves across the city and beyond.  _Watch how the 
tragedy  unfolded »_ 
(http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/28/family.dead.california/index.html#cnnSTCVideo)  
"No matter how desperate you are, no matter how frustrated  you are, to think 
this was the only answer -- to take your whole family with you  in death -- 
is just too much to understand," said City Councilwoman Janice Hahn,  who 
represents the city's Wilmington neighborhood where the slayings took place.  She 
and other city officials urged those who may be despondent to seek help from  
available resources.  
 
 

 




"It's sad that this happens anywhere, you know?" neighbor  Jose Rodriguez 
told KABC. "You see it on the news but you never really become  accustomed to it. 
"I have kids, too, and grandkids," he said.  "It hits home." 
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