Los Angeles police say a man who apparently shot himself after
killing his wife and their five children was awash in debt and
planning to leave California. Detective David Cortez said today
that Ervin Lupoe was at least one month behind on his mortgage.
Los Angeles police say a man who apparently shot himself after killing his wife and their five children was awash in debt and planning to leave California. Detective David Cortez said today that Ervin Lupoe was at least one month behind on his mortgage. He says the 40-year-old Lupoe owed at least $15,000 to the Internal Revenue Service and thousands more on a line of credit.
Lupoe and his wife, Ana, recently were fired from their hospital jobs after being investigated for lying about their income to qualify for cheaper child care.
Cortez says Lupoe planned to take his family to his brother-in-law in Garden City, Kan. The family’s vehicle was packed with children’s clothing and snow chains.
Lupoe’s page on the social-networking site Facebook indicated that he was born in 1978, but it was likely an erroneous listing, since it listed him as a 1994 USC graduate and a 1986 graduate of Live Oak High School, in Morgan Hill.
The bodies of Lupoe and his family were found Tuesday.
