Fred Wang and his wife, Christine, both 42, killed their two young children, 11-year-old son, Dennis,and 8-year-old daughter, Serena, before committing suicide with carbon monoxide from burning coals..The Wangs came from Taiwan. They committed suicide perhaps due to business failure.
A grandmother who lived with the family was found in another bedroom, but was not harmed by the fumes. (Source: AsianWeek, Nov. 25, 2005).