A former Google and Meta employee is believed to have killed his wife, who worked for Zillow, and their two young children before fatally shooting himself in what authorities believe is a triple murder-suicide, NBC Bay Area reports.
On Monday, police officers from the San Mateo Police Department responded to the home of Anand Henry and wife Alice Benziger after someone called 911 raising concerns about not hearing from the family.
Officers entered the home through a window and then found the bodies of Henry and Benziger in a bathroom. Both had gunshot wounds.
“A 9mm handgun legally registered to Henry was located on the bathroom floor where both adults’ bodies were located. Our investigation shows Benziger succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds, while Henry suffered from a single shot,” the San Mateo Police Department said in a statement, according to ABC7.
Bodies of the couple’s twin sons were found in their bedroom, but it is not clear how they died. The children were not shot and their bodies did not appear to have signs of physical trauma.
Responding officers did not observe any evidence of forced entry into the residence, situated on Alameda de las Pulgas near 42nd Avenue. Police said there was no history of violence at the home and no note was found there.
Henry’s LinkedIn page shows he was employed for eight years at Google before working for Meta between 2022 and 2023 as a software engineering manager. Meta is the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. Henry later co-founded an artificial intelligence firm. Benziger’s LinkedIn profile shows she worked at Zillow as a data scientist.
Neighbors said they would see the family walk together and they seemed happy.
“For sure loving,” Phyllis Halili told NBC Bay Area. “Before the babies were born, we would see the husband and the wife just taking a walk while she was pregnant and then later on when the babies were, just taking them out for a walk.”
Court records show Henry filed for divorce in 2016 but did not make it final, according to the television station.
Police urged anyone who may be experiencing a mental health crisis to seek help.
“Our investigation into the motive for this tragedy continues. While we can’t undo this horrific incident, we would like to share with our community both domestic violence and mental health resources, because there is help and/or assistance out there, and something like this does not need to happen again,” the San Mateo Police Department’s statement read, according to ABC7.
If you or someone you know is facing domestic violence, help is available by calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or visiting thehotline.org.
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[Feature Photo: Anand Henry, Alice Benziger, and their children/Facebook]
