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The heartbreaking incident yesterday that left a family of seven dead began in the public eye when KABC received the below fax:
"To whom it may concern:"To start off about this tragic story, my name is Ervin Lupoe, my wife Ana Lupoe, my eldest daughter Brittney Lupoe-8yrs, my twin daughters Jaszmin, Jassely-5yrs, my twin boys Benjamin, Christian 2yrs 4mo.
"We worked at Kiaser (sic) Permanente West Los Angeles. My wife as a mammo. Tech. damn fine one ask everyone including the physicians. My new position as a Special procedural tech. My position was a fight to get, in fact had to file a grievance with the union for discrimination and HIPPA violations, then another administrator had to correct the DA (redacted) regarding the union procedures, the ADA who did this is, I truly believe is the reason, well not the whole reason, but added kindling to the fire, why we are dead, (redacted).
"Well my wife and I were being investigated for misrepresentation of our employment to an outside agency for the benefit to ourselves's, childcare. When after we had our initial interview on Dec. 19th. It seems our fat (sic) with the company had been decided on Dec. 22nd, yet on the 23rd, I was told by my administrator, (redacted) that, `You should not even had bothered to come to work today you should have blown your brains out.' After such admonishment from my administrator, assuming there had been a decision reached, I contacted my union rep. who stated goto HR and inform them of the incident, and to the union reps. knowledge there was no decision made."(redacted) the HR person handling our matter stated that there was no decision reached as of yet and that an outside agency was handling the matter. (redacted) stated to me that she had spoken to (redacted) and (redacted) concerning the statement made, but (redacted) completely denied making such a comment. I produced the names of the employees, and (redacted) reached me two days later stating (redacted) thought about the matter and did state (redacted) made the comment. Then (redacted) asked me how I would accept (redacted) apology, but not to answer just yet, think about it a couple days and let (redacted) know. I left the office and two days later my wife and I were terminated. Our administrator also stated that we would not be eligible for unemployment, my wife applied anyway.
"We returned Kiaser (sic) Permanente's property prior to leaving the facility, yet the company could not provide us with our license's so that we may look for other employment. I let the (redacted) of the facility know what was occurring yet she stated there was nothing she could do but refer us the HR or our union rep. We were told by (redacted) that we should have received our license's as they were mailed, yet we did not and when we attempted to reach her concerning the matter and unable to reach her, again we reached the assistant administrator of the facility who again stated the same to contact HR. We stated we have attempter (sic) but there was know response. Then when (redacted) reached us, she stated don't contact (redacted) ... any more concerning any problems.
"So after a horrendous ordeal my wife felt it better to end our lives and why leave our children in someone's else's hands, in addition it seems Kiaser Permanente want's us to kill ourselves and take our family with us. They did nothing to the manager who stated such, and did not attempt to assist us in the matter, knowing we have no job and 5 children under 8 years with no place to go. So here we are.
"Ervin Lupoe
"(Handwritten:) Oh Lord my God is there no hope for a widow's son!"
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Sounds like a good lawyer could have helped them a lot more than a gun did.
Chosing to martyr yourself is one thing, making that choice for innocent children is quite another.
Why leave your kids to someone who won't shoot them? This is just absolutely horrifying.
Unbelievable. This shows definetly a sign of the times; not about lay offs but more like the arrogance employees have to face and how insignificant they are in the eyes of employers. Once again, the american healthcare shows its face of fascism that characterizes it. Hospitals, Insurance companies, doctors, pharmaceuticals... all players in the same scheme to overprice a population that has been kept ignorant about how it's done elsewhere; and how accessible it could be if it was a service and not a profitable business enterprice.
Unreal. And what I heard was he'd killed them all BEFORE he faxed anyone. What sort of ego decides the fate of six others? Too bad he didn't start with himself.
I think this a note from someone who is beyond overwhelmed and utterly hopeless, it breaks my heart that people can be so cold and callous. Obviously they felt as if there was no way out, and as far killing their children too, I think the foster care system these days is a fate worse than death. Suicide is not as cut and dry, as it is thought to be. In their own way I believe they thought they were doing what was best as misguided as it was. I think it is a reflection on our society, how fast we fall and how careless we have become to the plight of those around us. I don't think this would have happened if someone had just reached back and helped them in a positive direction.
what an asshole