Thy and Matthew Mitchell’s restaurant Traveler’s Cart held a vigil for the Mitchell family Monday afternoon.
Police found the couple and their two children — Maya, 8, and Max, 4 — dead in their home the evening of May 4 in a suspected triple murder-suicide. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed their deaths. The institute said Thy, Maya and Max were shot and killed in a homicide, while Matthew died by suicide.
The couple had been well-known in Houston’s restaurant world. Together, they started two globally-inspired restaurants, Traveler’s Table and Traveler’s Cart.
Amid an outpouring of shock after their deaths, Traveler’s Cart invited employees, friends and supporters to pay their respect outside. Toward the back of the parking lot, mourners paid their respects to a photo of Thy Mitchell and her children. They filled tables with flower bouquets, and a Mother’s Day balloon bobbed in the air nearby…