Heartbreaking photos have emerged of the New Jersey family of four who was found dead in a possible murder-suicide – as a stunned neighbor recalled the moment she realized the “sweet” couple’s daughter failed to show up for the school bus ahead of the tragic discovery.
The bodies of Tej Pratap Singh, 43, and his wife Sonal Parihar, 42, were found alongside their 10-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter in their Plainsboro home on Wednesday afternoon.
Police are now investigating the incident as a homicide – and have hinted that the family’s deaths may have been a murder-suicide, CBS News reported.
Just about 18 months before their deaths, Pratap Singh shared a Facebook photo of the family grinning and covered in bright colors in celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi.
A few months later, the father of two was pictured alongside other Plainsboro parents at a PTA meeting for one of his children’s elementary schools.
“They were such a sweet family,” a woman who lived near the family’s Titus Lane home told NJ.com.
The neighbor’s daughter met Pratap Singh and Parihar’s daughter at the school bus stop every morning until Wednesday, when the child failed to appear.
“It was weird for me to not see her in the morning,” she said.
The neighbor texted Parihar later in the morning, but never heard back, she said.
The family’s bodies were found just a few hours later, shortly after a relative called for a welfare check around 4:40 p.m., the Plainsboro Police Department said.