Dad murders wife and two kids, then commits suicide (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Dad RUSSELL GILMAN is suspected of killing his wife, his two children, and then himself. When is the murder-suicide carnage going to stop?

And after all the reams of paper that have been devoted to these crimes, why is a reporter still wondering out loud what "the motive" is? I'll tell you what the research say again and again. It's a narcissistic killer who sees his "woman" and kids as his disposable possessions. It's not losing your job, or "frustration", or a "pending divorce." These are just the triggers. Please do your homework. This isn't rocket science.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/08/07/20090807sr-murdersuicide0808-ON.html

Police: Dad killed 2 kids and wife, then self
by Ofelia Madrid and Julia Guzy - Aug. 7, 2009 10:24 AM

The Arizona Republic

Scottsdale police have identified the two adults and ages of the two children who were found dead in a Scottsdale home Thursday after what police described as an apparent murder-suicide.

Police suspect Russell Gilman, 48, shot his wife, Stacey C. Want, 45, and two children, a 7-year-old boy and a 3-year-old boy. However, positive identification of Want is pending autopsy, said Officer Dave Pubins, a Scottsdale police spokesman.

The bodies had been in the home for "a number of days" before police found them shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday, Pubins said. Police were sent to the home, located in the 9100 block of East Sharon Drive, after receiving a welfare-check request from a relative of at least one of the people found inside.

Police have not announced a motive for Russell's actions. However, officers found a weapon and note inside the home, the content of which was not revealed.

When officers entered, they found four people dead from gunshot wounds. Gilman is believed to have been the shooter, killing the others before turning the gun on himself. The weapon and a note were found in the house, Pubins said.

Pubins said investigators do not think anyone else was involved, and there are no other suspects in the case.

Aerial video of the home showed several days' worth of newspapers in the driveway, and neighbor Carolyn Williams said she had noticed for about three days that newspapers were piling up and the blinds in the home remained shut.

Williams, who lives directly across the street from the murder scene, said the closed blinds were unusual.

She recalled that the youngest boy always kept the blinds open in his bedroom, which faces the street. She said he would jump on his bed often and wave to her outside.

"The little guy's room was always open," Williams said.

However, the occupants kept largely to themselves, Williams added. She did not know any of their names despite their having rented the residence for several years.

Williams saw the adults leaving every day for work but knew little else about them.

As helicopters flew over the upscale neighborhood Thursday afternoon, other neighbors told reporters that they, too, knew little about the family. Nobody heard anything unusual during the past several days.