Some horrifying new details have emerged in the case this week. Murder–suicide A wealthy Massachusetts family was shot and killed in their sprawling $4 million mansion last year, according to a new report.
Rakesh “Rick” Kamal, 57, shot his wife, Tina, 54, and their 18-year-old daughter, Ariana, as they slept in their bed three days after Christmas. He then climbed into the bathtub and turned the gun on himself, killing himself. The Boston Globe reported.
The Kamals, who appeared prosperous to outsiders, were deeply in debt – and were due to be evicted from their 11-bedroom Dover mansion on five acres on the day of the murder.
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Rakesh Kamal (right), 57, shot his wife Tina (54) and daughter Ariana, 18, and then killed himself at their home in Dover, Massachusetts. (Paula Swift Photography/USA TODAY NETWORK)
Responding to a 911 call, The police entered The local newspaper quoted a 63-page police report as saying that when they arrived at the house on December 28, they found a typed note addressed to the person who was supposed to collect the keys.
“Please note,” it read. “Call the police before entering and first check the three bedrooms on the second floor. Each room will be marked on a white piece of paper.”
The police found every body Behind those marked doors.
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Rakesh Kamal (right), 57, shot his wife Tina (54) and daughter Ariana, 18, and then killed himself at their home in Dover, Massachusetts. (Paula Swift Photography)
The premeditated murder shocked relatives and caused panic among the local wealthy community.
Neighbours in Dover – A suburb of boston – Rick knew Kamal as a wealthy entrepreneur and devoted father.
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But beneath the veil of wealth, the family was drowning Debt and stress,
Rick – who had filed for bankruptcy and was served a foreclosure notice three months before the murders – owed his brother Manoj $150,000. According to the Globe, the brother had given his brother the loan in installments of $5,000.
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Police investigating the murder-suicide of the Kamal family. (Suzanne Crater/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
This penniless businessman was also given money by his mother, and he eventually emptied his mother’s bank account.
According to the report, Tina, aware of her mounting financial pressures, recently told Manoj that she wanted to “get her family out of the difficult situation they are in due to the recent stress.”
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Manoj — who found the bodies and called the police — told investigators his brother had spun a web of deceit for years.
“(Manoj) feels that every conversation he had with Rakesh in the last five years was a lie,” his wife’s sister told the police.
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Rakesh “Rick” Kamal shot dead his daughter Ariana (18) and wife Tina on December 28, before killing himself.
Marybeth Bisson, the developer of the Kamal couple’s spacious home, also provided the family with financial assistance for its sale.
She told investigators that Rick started making excuses Nonpayment of mortgage and requested him not to discuss the situation with his wife.
On December 23, five days before the murders, a fax was sent to the company that held Tina’s $1.25 million life insurance policy, asking to add Manoj as a beneficiary.
The Kamal couple spoke to their relatives in India via FaceTime on Christmas Day and there was nothing unusual about the conversation, Globe reported.
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An aerial view of the Kamal family home in Dover, Massachusetts, where the father killed his wife and daughter and then turned the gun on himself. (Google Street View)
The next day, Rick sent a message to his brother asking him to cancel the meeting. He also sent a message to Ariana’s boyfriend asking him not to come to meet the family.
The boyfriend told police that Ariana had shared some of her family troubles with him, and had at one point indicated that Tina wanted to leave her father, but they both seemed to be getting along fine.
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At the same time, Rick was in regular contact with the developer of his home to discuss his departure.
After not having any contact with his brother for several days, Manoj went to the house called “Enchanted Acres” and called 911. The Kamal couple had purchased this mansion for around $4 million.
Zillow Estimate The estimated cost for the 20,000-square-foot complex is about $7 million.
