A New Hampshire lady who fatally shot two of her kids and her husband this month earlier than killing herself was beneath investigation on suspicion of stealing cash from her employer, police stated.
The our bodies of Emily Lengthy, 34, Ryan Lengthy, 48, Parker Lengthy, 8, and Ryan Lengthy, 6, have been found inside their residence in Madbury on Aug. 18.
A 3rd baby, a toddler, was discovered within the residence unhurt, police stated.
Emily Lengthy had labored at Wing-Itz, a rooster wing chain in New Hampshire, because the director of operations.
A grievance accusing her of theft from Wing-Itz was filed with the Hampton Police Division on Aug. 11 — seven days earlier than the murder-suicide, police stated.
“Our division was not capable of interact in a significant investigation previous to her premature demise,” Hampton Police Chief Alex Reno stated, noting the case stays open however suspended.
Wing-Itz didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Saturday.
Its proprietor, Derek Fisher, was unavailable when reached by NBC Information on Saturday, however informed The Boston Globe this week that Lengthy was suspected of embezzling about $660,000 from the enterprise over three years since January 2023.
“She was basically my quantity two in my firm. We labored very intently collectively,” he informed the paper.
Fisher stated that on June 18, he and his bookkeeper observed that a lot of checks from his enterprise accounts had been written out to Lengthy and deposited into her private checking account.
He stated he confronted Lengthy that day and requested her to offer three months of her prior financial institution statements, which she returned on Aug. 5. He reported that the statements seemed uncommon and he took them to Lengthy’s financial institution, which informed him the statements had been allegedly “doctored and manipulated,” in line with Fisher.
He stated he confronted Lengthy once more and requested her to accompany him to the financial institution and he or she declined. Fisher stated that he determined to provide her time as a result of he knew her husband had been identified with most cancers just a few months prior.
That they had agreed to fulfill on the financial institution on Aug. 11, however when the day got here, Lengthy texted Fisher saying “she was resigning, or she may keep in some kind of distant capability, or I may terminate her,” Fisher informed The Boston Globe.
He stated he felt he had no different choice than to go to police and file the grievance.
Fisher informed the newspaper he doesn’t search to get better the cash anymore.
“I really feel just like the baby ought to get all these belongings,” he stated, referring to the surviving toddler. “That’s the one truthful factor, or what I really feel is true.”
The restaurant wrote on Fb on Aug. 20: “Our hearts and prayers are with Emily Lengthy’s household throughout this extremely difficult time. We’re profoundly grief-stricken to listen to of their loss. From all of us we ship our sincerest condolences.”
The grisly discovery of the slain household two days earlier shocked the neighborhood.
Ryan Lengthy died from a number of gunshots, and the 2 kids died from a single gunshot, officers stated. Their deaths have been dominated homicides.
Lengthy’s husband had been identified with mind most cancers, and he or she had posted in regards to the analysis on her TikTok account, which was made non-public after the shootings, the New Hampshire Union Chief reported.
The legal professional basic’s workplace stated a motive remains to be beneath investigation.
“Whereas investigators have gotten conscious of assorted issues/points ongoing within the family on the time of the occasion in query, individuals ought to keep away from speculating that this occasion was brought on by a single motive or stressor,” the legal professional basic’s workplace stated.
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