'Horrific tragedy': Sunnyvale man accused of murdering wife, 11-year-old daughter

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Friday, January 22, 2021
South Bay man accused of murdering wife, young daughter
A Sunnyvale neighborhood is grieving after a woman and child were found dead. Police have arrested the husband for murder.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (KGO) -- A Sunnyvale neighborhood is grieving after a woman and child were found dead.

Police have arrested the husband for murder.

The man turned himself into police Wednesday.

Investigators say he came into the department's lobby, and told a clerk he had killed his wife.

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When police went to the home, they found the wife and the suspect's 11-year-old daughter dead.

"This is just a horrific tragedy," said Sunnyvale Police Captain Craig Anderson.

"Our heart are broken for the family, for the victims and all of their friends," Capt. Anderson said.

Neighbors visited the home this morning and left flowers.

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