The police arrested dad TUAN DAO, but they apparently failed to keep him in jail after he threw an clothes iron at his "now estranged" wife back in March. So then this jerk acts out by killing five of his children (and himself) by blowing up the marital home. This crime was completely preventable...that's the truly "tragic" part. When will the authorities take domestic violence seriously? Ever?
http://vancouver.katu.com/news/crime/domestic-violence-charge-preceded-fire-killed-kids/440119
Domestic violence charge preceded fire that killed kids
Submitted by Thom Jensen
Thursday, April 28th, 5:47 pm
The Vancouver father accused of blowing up his children and himself Easter morning was charged with domestic violence just last month.
Police say 37-year-old Tuan Dao threw several items, including an iron at his now estranged wife on March 29. Dao had no criminal history before that arrest.
According to police records, Dao came home that day and was upset, yelling that the house wasn’t clean enough. His wife, Lori, said he threw a duffle bag at her twice.
Later, while she was lying in bed with the couple’s 6-year-old, she said Dao threw a clothes iron at her. The couple’s 13-year-old daughter called police and Dao was arrested and jailed.
Two days later Dao was in court and he pleaded with a judge after prosecutors asked him to have no contact with his wife.
“I share everything with my wife,” he said. “I have to contact her, to the bank, for financial information, and we take care of six kids, sir. I don’t understand what happened here.”
Dao was charged with two counts of domestic violence and reckless endangerment. He was charged with reckless endangerment because kids were present.
Lori Dao told police the iron’s power cord actually hit the 6-year-old child when her husband threw it at her.
Neighbors and friends said they never saw the tragedy coming and there was never a problem at the home until the explosion.
The family went through a bankruptcy and a foreclosure within the past year. Dao’s wife and the couple’s 13-year-old daughter were staying at another home when the house at 15304 N.E. 13th Circle in Vancouver exploded.
Police say that Dao set the family’s home on fire himself. The explosion and fire tore the house in half, killing him and five of his six children