A couple found dead at their home had a Christmas dinner with their disabled children before killing themselves, friends said.
Julia and Jan Tshabalala had their family meal a day early on Christmas Eve, then sent their two young children to stay with relatives.
The next morning they were found dead in an apparent suicide pact.
Neighbours said they had seemed to be a ‘nice happy family’. The couple’s daughter, Serena, had cerebral palsy, although she did not need a wheelchair, while their son, Junior, had learning difficulties.Their children, thought to be aged between four and seven, go to a local school specialising in learning difficulties.
‘They were very nice people,’ said their next-door neighbour,We used to receive Christmas cards from them. They were a very private couple, but we would always speak to them over the fence. They always seemed like a happy couple, but you never really know do you?’
Police visited the rented £150,000 home in Billingshurst, West Sussex, on Christmas Day after a relative went to the house just after 9am. He apparently looked through a window and saw Jan, 33, who worked as a carer, hanging in a room. His wife Julia, in her 30s, was also dead inside.
There were rumours the couple had been in financial trouble, although friends dismissed the idea.
One neighbour said:
‘I’d see the man in his front garden sometimes and he would wave. She was a good mother, I would see her at the swings in the park with her kids. They were completely normal and pleasant.’Another said:
‘I last saw Julia on Christmas Eve and she seemed happy. Julia didn’t work and just looked after the kids. The little girl has cerebral palsy – she’s a lovely little girl, very quiet. And the boy has learning difficulties too. But she never said she was struggling.’
Culled from Mailonline
It is well. May the Lord receive their souls.
ReplyDeleteSuicide is never the answer!
ReplyDeleteOmg things that people bury inside them hmm.having 2 children with diffulties is a huge burden on them especially d first .am sure depression drove them to suicide but suicide shouldnt ve been der last option may their souls rip.
ReplyDeleteMay their souls RIP......
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to them
ReplyDeleteNuke abeg explain. .."congratulations" ???
Delete@Belinda God doesn't receive souls of people who commit suicide cos he doesn't give us a problem we can't solve
ReplyDeleteSorry bible teacher, may the devil recieve their souls. .
DeleteDis is heartbreaking, but taking der lives is a huge mistake becos d kids ave no one to turn to or care for dem.
ReplyDeleteMR EDDY said.
ReplyDeleteWhat were they thinking? May their soul rest in peace.
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Suicide is a big No! The fact they had something to eat for dinner was enough to be grateful for
ReplyDeleteStrange things happening,mayb dey ar fed up of their children,nd dey ar depressed abt it.
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May God forgive them nd receive their souls..amen!
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ReplyDeleteDey remixed xmas for themselves. Christ was born while they killed themselves. They will av a beta explanation to God on judgement day
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This is very painfull.... RIP....
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This is terrible
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