Indian-origin techie who killed spouse, 3 children as a result of monetary crunch sentenced to life by US court docket

In this Oct. 16, 2019, file photograph, Shankar Hangud, sporting a private security vest, seems within the Placer County Superior Court in Roseville, Calif. (AP Photo)An Indian-origin IT skilled within the US, who confessed to killing his spouse and three youngsters in 2019, has been sentenced to life in jail with out parole.

Investigators stated 55-year-old Shankar Nagappa Hangud confessed to killing his spouse and three youngsters over a number of days in per week at his residence in California, saying he couldn’t present for them financially, based on a report on KCRA-TV.He declined to remark throughout sentencing in Placer County.Police stated on the time they believed Hangud killed his household throughout a week-long crime spree, murdering his spouse and daughters over the course of three days.Shankar Nagappa Hangud allegedly murdered his spouse, his daughter and his youngest son on October 7 of their Roseville residence on the Woodcreek West advanced on Junction Boulevard. He later killed his older son, someplace between Roseville and Mount Shasta, the place he surrendered to police on October 13 along with his son’s physique.Shankar Nagappa Hangud made nationwide headlines after strolling into the Mount Shasta Police Department, 320 kilometres north of Roseville, telling officers he had killed 4 folks.Roseville Police later discovered the our bodies of his spouse and two daughters within the household’s residence on Junction Road. His son’s physique was present in his automobile parked outdoors the police station in Mount Shasta.The victims had been recognized as Jyothi Shankar, 46; Varum Shankar, 20; Gauri Hangud, 16; and Nischal Hangud, 13.Shankar Nagappa Hangud was arrested shortly after the killings. He initially pleaded not responsible to the murders in 2019 however final month modified his plea, coming into responsible pleas to 3 counts of first-degree homicide for his three youngsters and one depend of intentionally aiding his spouse in committing suicide, The Sacramento Bee newspaper reported.“The deaths of these young victims touched this community very deeply, and although there are no family members left to see justice served, many in our community remember the victims from school or from their neighbourhood,” Placer County Chief Assistant District Attorney David Tellman stated in a press release.Prosecutors stated Hangud claimed to be in despair after shedding his IT job and coping with a wedding that was falling aside.“It’s hard to reconcile with the facts that this tragedy could happen because someone couldn’t get employed. But it’s an old-world, patriarchal thought pattern where if he can’t be a provider, he doesn’t want his family to have nothing. So he kills his family,” Tellman stated.The district legal professional’s workplace stated that due to the particular circumstances of killing a couple of individual the Roseville father would get life in jail with out the opportunity of parole.(WIth inputs from PTI)