Dad in custody for slashing throats of wife, 2 daughters (Greve, Denmark)

As one of the commenters notes, why is it that supposedly "depressed" guys like UNNAMED DAD don't just off themselves and leave everyone else alone? How is they manage to kill three people, and then suddenly lose their nerve when it comes to killing themselves? Pretty clear, actually. Being "depressed" had little or nothing to do with the murders. Money and "communication" problems had nothing to do with it either. It's just another case of a controlling abuser acting out a big Daddy Drama. So why would we want to end the life of the star?

http://www.cphpost.dk/component/content/48931.html?task=view

Suburban father admits to slaying family
Monday, 10 May 2010 08:43 KR News

A man from Greve slashed the throats of his wife and two daughters before trying to commit suicide.

A 50-year-old father has been remanded to custody for four weeks after murdering his wife and two daughters at the weekend, shocking the close-knit community in the Copenhagen suburb of Greve.

On Friday afternoon police were called to an accident outside the town of Holbæk after the man had driven his car at full speed into a parked truck. The man had suffered a number of injuries but survived. However, rescuers also made the grim discovery of the body of his 12-year-old daughter with her throat slit in the car.

Police found the murder weapon, a hobby knife, in the vehicle. According to Ekstra Bladet newspaper, the daughter also had injuries consistent with attempts to defend herself.

The man told rescuers that he had killed the rest of his family, and police subsequently found the bodies of his wife and 18-year-old daughter, also with their throats slit, in the family’s home. He reportedly killed his wife and daughter on Friday morning before picking his youngest child up from school, returning home to write a suicide note.

According to the prosecutor, the man listed stress, depression and gambling as some of the reasons for his actions.

‘I’ve always felt wrong. I wanted to protect them against the future. Our finances were completely gone and we [the man and his wife] couldn’t communicate,’ read part of the letter presented in court.

The man, whose name has not been released by police, was transported to Holbæk lower court by ambulance on Sunday before being brought in to the courthouse in a wheelchair covered with a sheet. However, he was crying so hysterically that he did not answer many of the judge’s questions.

According to prosecutors he will undergo a mental examination prior to his trial.