Kalpara Ramachandran

Kalpara Ramachandran was a 36-year-old woman who was shot to death, along with her 7-year-old son Raj, by her 40-year-old husband Natarajan Ramachandran, who then committed suicide in the bedroom of the family home at 12376 Clareth Drive in the Crossfields neighborhood of Herndon on August 3, 1998.[1][2]

Kalpara's 11-year-old daughter Reha was also mortally wounded by her father, and died at Inova Fairfax Hospital on August 5.[3][4]

References

  1. Melillo, Wendy, and Erica Beshears. "Man Kills Wife, Son, Self, Police Say." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 4 Aug. 1998. Web. 26 June 2016.
  2. Redmon, Jeremy. "Girl lives, 3 in family killed: Police suspect murder-suicide in Reston." Washington Times [Washington, DC] 4 Aug. 1998: 7.General Reference Center GOLD. Web. 26 June 2016.
  3. Koren, Leslie, and Kristan Trugman. "Girl shot by father dies from wound." Washington Times [Washington, DC] 6 Aug. 1998: 3. General Reference Center GOLD. Web. 26 June 2016.
  4. Melillo, Wendy, and Brooke A. Masters. "Lone Survivor of Father's Shootings Dies." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 6 Aug. 1998. Web. 26 June 2016.