A family in Utah who fled from their home country of Myanmar to avoid being “ethnically cleansed” were slaughtered last week in a “senseless” murder-suicide , with the mother and three of her young kids being gunned down by their father — the woman’s husband — inside of their suburban Salt Lake City -area home, including their 2-year-old daughter, cops say.
Dae Reh, 42, allegedly used a handgun to take out his children and wife last Tuesday, Dec. 17, at their home in West Valley City, a Salt Lake suburb located about 10 miles away from the Utah capital, before turning the weapon on himself. The West Valley City Police Department identified the victims on Dec. 19 through a family statement as Bu Meh, 38, and her children Kristina Ree, 8, Boe Reh, 11, and Nyay Meh, 2. A fifth family member, Sha Reh, who was 17 at the time of the shooting and is now 18, was shot in the head but managed to survive.
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“Sha Reh is the lone survivor in his immediate family after a tragic sense of violence,” relatives said in the police statement, which was also posted on a family GoFundMe page. “He has a long and complex road to recovery. He needs our full attention, our unconditional love, and the Savior’s gift of healing and peace.”