Dec 3, 2008 10:55 am US/Pacific
Murder-Suicide Suspected In Sacto Family Deaths
SACRAMENTO (CBS) ―
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Ying Moua and Bouavanh Moua
Authorities have confirmed that the deaths of four family members in a South Sacramento home was the result of a murder suicide.
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Departments said that 33-year-old Ying Moua shot and killed his wife, 32-year-old Bouavanh Moua, and 2-year-old twins Alexis and Matthew Moua.
A 3-year-old girl, who has not been identified, was found alive in the home and was in critical condition at a local hospital but is expected to survive.
Sheriff's deputies responded to the home after getting a 911 call yesterday morning from a relative who discovered the bodies and the child. Firearms were found inside the house, but it was unclear if any of them had been used in the shootings.
Sources tell CBS13 that a 14-year-old girl was removed from the home by Child Protective Services in November after telling a school official that she was being abused.
Michael O'Leary, the teen's principal at the Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy, says a staff member found a diary by the girl which contained disturbing details and hinted that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather, Ying Moua.
"My gut feeling says… there was some type of inappropriate behavior that was going on, and she never let anybody really know that this was happening," O'Leary said.
CBS13 has obtained court records detailing the alleged sexual abuse. It states the girl was abused two to three times a week for the past year by Ying, and also says that she saw him throw her eight-year-old brother against a wall.
The day O'Leary reported the abuse, he called Child Protective Services, who told him to call the Sheriff's Department. When the deputy took the report, he called CPS and the girl was taken into their care.
O'Leary says CPS should have taken the other children out of the home when the abuse allegations arose.
"I think that's a no-brainer," he said. "They would be alive today if they had been removed."
Deputies have confirmed that they were at the house last week along with investigators from Child Protective Services for a welfare check. CPS says they cannot legally comment on the case.
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