The Berkeley family of four found dead in a parking lot at Tilden Park in the East Bay hills have been identified as Kevin Morrissey, 51; his wife, Dr. Mamiko Kawai, 40; and their children, Nikki Morrissey, 8, and Kim "Elena" Morrissey, 6.
Police say that Morrissey, despairing of money problems related to the couple's Albany skin-care company, apparently shot his two young daughters and wife to death before turning the gun on himself Monday evening.
Officers responding to reports of fireworks or gunshots found all four people dead in the Mineral Springs parking lot off Wildcat Canyon Road, near Inspiration Point, just after 7 p.m.
The girls were in the back seat of a car, each shot in the head, said Chief Timothy Anderson of the East Bay Regional Park Police. Morrissey and his wife were on the ground outside the car, along with a .357 Magnum revolver for which he had registered in mid-April, Anderson said.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/19/BAGSQQHPD713.DTLDamn it!! Why do adults have to kill their children because they're failing. That story in Chicago from last week, I guess the mother did that one (never any follow-up on that story!)and now this. Then, there's that mother who hung her children a few weeks back. What the hell is wrong with adults!!