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Let us remember them in our prayers. We have an insider information from a close friend who is also the family's neighbor.
The Insider Story:
Two (2) years ago, the Wife had confided to a family friend/neighbor that she was so desperate and was thinking of suicide to end her family's huge financial problems.
Just 2 weeks ago, she was asking this friend/neighbor, who happens to be a doctor, if she could prescribe a strong sleeping drug supposedly because she had problems sleeping. The doctor/friend/neighbor only prescribed mild sedatives as she said the particular drug she was asking for was too strong.
The Husband (aged 50) was a former Marine in Taiwan - presumably not much relatives here in Manila. Their business - exporting native lamps to Taiwan.
What happened:
The maid found the suicide note at the kitchen in the morning, it was addressed to their doctor/friend/neighbor. Immediately, she went up the room but it was locked. Worried, she ran to the same friend/neighbor, showed the note and asked for help. After reading the note, neighbor then called the police and was present when the police forcibly opened the door. That's when they found the lifeless bodies of the five (5) family members lying beside each other.
The suicide note was asking the friend/neighbor to have their bodies cremated, with their ashes to be placed together and sent to husband's relatives in Taiwan.
It was tragic really ... from my source who knew the family personally. They were reportedly a good family - very nice kids, well-mannered, all good students.
That fateful day - the two boys (aged 15 & 12) were home and were the first ones to be given the drugs mixed with their food. The wife and the husband set aside some for the daughter and asked the maid not to touch it (the maid did not know it had the drug). Then husband and wife left to pick up the daughter (aged 19) from her school at Ateneo. When they got home, the drug-laden food was fed to the daughter. After which the wife ate her food, too - then all of them went up to the master's bedroom.
Most likely scenario, they were able to get strong sedatives which were put into the food. Really strong but not enough to kill, but would just knock out the kids. Hence, the heads of the kids were covered with plastic and their feet bound - so just in case they woke up, they would not be able to run.
The husband was the last to go.
**At this point, let us not judge the family. Let's all pray for them that their souls will rest in peace.
This is heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteTragic
DeleteOh boy, this is just too tragic. I just can't imagine the pain the kids had to undergo. Bakit naman dinamay pa sila? May their soul rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteExactly my thought! Bakit dinamay pa yung children! So sad! :(
DeleteOh my. Kakabasa ko lang ng ganitong istorya din sa CNN yata, can't remember. The father killed his family then killed himself last. Pero ang issue naman ng father ay takot siyang di makayanan ng family nila ang apocalypse daw. According to his suicide note. Pero, hayy. May their souls rest in peace. :(
ReplyDeleteI sincerely hope that God will forgive the father's soul together with his family. This is heartbreaking. We may not be as rich like other upper class families but we are contented with what we have.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this wala na akong gana reading the other posts. This is so depressing. Why did they have to include the kids? He could have just sent them away or just killed himself only. Imagine going home and being killed! Rest in peace! You are in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteTragic...very tragic...may their souls find peace...yun na! Paaak!
ReplyDeleteI felt so sorry for their kids, their lives were taken by the persons who brought them to the world, may they rest in peace.🙏
ReplyDeleteThis is sad. Feeling ko Hopeless na yung parents... :(
ReplyDeleteHeartbreaking: ( We may never understand why the father did that, pero sabi nga ni Pope Francis " Who I am to judge?" May their souls rest in peace
ReplyDeleteThis is why you don't value money more than your life. Pinoys are dirt poor pero never nating inisip na mag pakamatay. We always see a brighter future because of God. Deep inside, alam nating nandiyan lang sya at tutulungan tayo.
ReplyDeleteVery insensitive post. Pati ba naman iyan may proud to be pinoy moment ka? You should read more about mental health issues.
DeleteSiguro kaya nya nasabi dahil taiwanese yung father, anyway let us all pray for their souls. Di natin alam kung bakit nila nagawa yun.
DeleteInsensitive din ang post mo if you find my post insensitive. Bakit sa post ko ikaw naka focus instead sa namatay na family? And besides, tutuo naman ang sinabi ko. Walang problema sa mundong ito na napakalaki na ang solusyon lang ay patayin ang buong family mo. I compared it sa mga pinoy kasi alam naman nating 90% sa kababayan natin ay lubog sa hirap at walang makain. Paano ko siya icocompare sa American or sa Japanese kung hindi naman ako taga doon at hindi ko alam ang culture nila?
DeleteWhy kill the children when they were old enough to fend for themselves. The eldest was already in college sayang nman.
ReplyDeleteKelan lang nakausap ng anak ko un daughter. Ka org niya...sayang.....
DeleteTotally agree. All of the children studied in very good schools pa, and they ended their lives just like that
DeleteSiguro kaya nila nagawa yun dahio yung fear nila na baka wala ng mag aalaga at magbibigay sa needs sa mga anak nioa, knowing na nag aaral pa sila sa sosyal na schools. Sad for the whole scenario. May their souls rest in peace
DeleteKasi baka they owe people money and siguro scared the parents that if they killed themselves lang, they'll go after the kids. So they killed everyone nalang :(
DeleteSo Ano cause of death nila? Drug overdose? Or asphyxiation? Kung yung latter maryosep ang hirap nman ng pagkamatay nila. May their souls rest in eternal peace.
ReplyDeleteI wish they spared the children. Going home to die is the saddest thing. Rip to all of them
ReplyDeleteoo nga eh naawa ako sa mga bata
DeleteSo sad. I can't imagine what this family went through in a foreign land. Mas masakit sa kanilang pamilya sa Taiwan na ang darating na lang ay puro mga ashes nila. May they rest in peace.
ReplyDeletegrabe talaga sila. Financial problems lang magpapakamatay sila. Same goes with koreans and japanese. Ang mga pinoy naman nagpapakamatay dahil sa love. Kahit magulo ang mundo ang sarap pa din mabuhay!!!
ReplyDeleteplease dont judge and dont just say financial problems "lang". when you are faced with a lot of debts, nakakaburyang o nakakasira ng ulo. lalo na kung wala naman tutulong sayo at wala ng gustong tumulong sayo. madaling sabihin na bakit nila ginawa yun dahil lang dun when you really dont know what they are going thru. i am going thru the same experence and believe me it is hard.
Deletesingit mo talaga sarili mong opinyon ano?
DeleteDude/girl, i am not judging. Yan ang isa sa mga reasons kung bakit sila nagpapakamatay. And I know the feeling na magkaron ng utang. Kung malakas ang pananampalataya mo, hindi mo gagawin yan.
DeleteI'm currently drunk as i type this and It is really heartbreaking. it bought tears to my eyes. May you rest in peace. :'(
ReplyDeleteMay their souls rest in peace.very sad news.
ReplyDeleteHeartbreaking. :(
ReplyDeleteThe eldest was my student. She was smart and a very bubbly young lady. That is why knowing what really happend to her and her family really breaks my heart. Let us not judge, rather please pray for their family.
ReplyDeleteVery terrible news indeed. So sad they all studied in very good schools pa naman, and were not given a chance in life
DeleteGrabe. Ipagpray natin ung mga souls nila. Lord, patawarin nyo sila. :(
ReplyDeleteWalang halong ka-plastikan pero naiyak ako dito kahit di ko sila kilala personally. Rest in peace :(
ReplyDeleteIt's even more painful to think that they were killed in their home, where they feel safest
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad. Madami ganito story lalo nung recession, dahil sa mga financial troubles hindi na nila kinaya.
ReplyDeleteThis is so sad..sana maging lesson sa atin, please no offense to the neighbors and friends of these family, if we experience downs in our life or our friends we should advise our friend to seek GOD and guidance from spiritual community...they might be able to help us...my heart bleeds upon reading this....
ReplyDeleteReally depressing. We're not rich pero kahit wala kami makain at walang pera minsan, nagtatawanan lang kami at nagsasayawan. :( Kawawa ang mga bata.
ReplyDeleteLets not judge. Ipagpray natin ang soul nila. This is very disturbing and heart breaking
ReplyDeleteAng lungkot naman nito. :-(
ReplyDeleteLet us pray for the repose of their souls.
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ReplyDeletethis is perhaps one of the saddest news i heard. hits close to home since my brothers are also from xavier, i studied in ateneo, and we used to live in the same townhouse. i don't know how one can kill his entire family due to financial burdens. sobrang naiinis ako kasi both parents seemed to have a hand talaga in everything. i can imagine one parent having this crazy idea, but two? we have kids of our own and we are not financially stable as well but i can never imagine taking their lives for any reason at all. but sabi nga nila, don't judge. we all have our own beliefs and these parents perhaps really believed they could be together in the afterlife.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree. My kids study at Xavier and Ica and this news is so devastating.
Deleteparang 'yung nangyari sa mga anak nina Magda and Joseph Goebbels (nazi era). SAD.
DeleteI knew them. I go to the same school as the sons.
ReplyDeleteLet us not judge, but let's take this as a learning experience. It is very important that you have someone to talk to, especially when you are in dire need of help. I can imagine that this would not have happened if only the father got enough psychological help.
I don't know why the dad decided to include his family in the suicide, but I have a guess. I would think that the dad has a ton of debts that would only be passed on to his children if he dies. Rather than bury his children in a mountain of debt and let them fend for themselves for the rest of their lives, he just took the easy way out. Heartbreaking.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. Let us not judge them
DeleteMaybe the kids has no idea pinagdadaanan Ng parents Nila. Sobrang sad niyo... :( wala naco masabi. Sa kuwento pa lng Ng friend Nila everything is planned. Sigh
ReplyDeleteThis is disturbing. Prayers for their souls.
ReplyDeleteThe same thing happened to my neighbours last year. Only difference is the dad drove his 2 kids (aged 6 and 4) and wife to a secluded spot, shot them, set the vehicle on fire then committed suicide. we live in a small town so it was such a shock to all of us..if only someone foresaw what he was planning and talked him into not doing it. Hayst ..financial troubles din ung tinutukoy na prob why he did it. So so sad. There's really no guessing what a depressed mind can do. prayers for everyone involved. :--(
ReplyDeleteMy mom told me she was in the same situation... She would wake up in the middle of the night and have anxeity attacks but what got her through was Jesus... Prayer helps talaga. I dunno the real reasons of yhe familu but i pray for them and grieve for them. May their souls rest in peace.
ReplyDeletei cannot judge the parents. siguro di na talaga kaya. at nung naisipan nilang pwedeng kitilin ang buhay nila eh fi naman maiwasang isipin kung ano ang kahihinatnan ng mga anak nila pag wala na sila.
ReplyDeleteMay your souls be forgiven by God Almighty. Rest in peace ....this is very tragic, we all have our own problems we carry in our lives but I guess we differ in the way on how to handle them. Some seek the easy way out, others endure the pain and the hardships. It's so sad that even the children also have to die, there's so much still for them in the future. But I guess the father didn't want them to suffer the hardships of life without them by their side. Sad so sad. :(
ReplyDeleteSana ang magpakamatay nalang lahat ng corrupt gagaan pa ang buhay
ReplyDeleteOne hears about news like before and it never hits home. It used to be just one of those things that happen to other people. This time it really hit home, because it happened to kids from Xavier, formerly ICA, and Ateneo. These schools are familiar to us because many of our family members are studying or have studied in these schools. So sad, so tragic, so depressing, especially for the very young lives taken. May God grant their souls eternal peace.
ReplyDeleteMay their souls find peace. . May God bless them
ReplyDeleteI wish i could have asked God to give me another five lives so i could bring these family to life again. The is a true story of love that ended up in everlasting love. I can still think of that they still love each othesr in other dimention freely and happily in the eyes of God. As my heart bleeds, God forgive. My prayers!
ReplyDeleteI can only cry as I remember my own father and how he valiantly sought other means to keep the family together when we experienced a similar problem with our business. It was tough but he swallowed his pride for his love for me. My father, my hero.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, napakaliit na bagay, utang lang and they gave up their lives. Is their life worth a penny??? There's always hope, they have kids who'd be able to help them. They can also go abroad to work, there are so many ways, dont give up!
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