JP Morgan director kills his wife, then himself - Submitted by MMJ Ministry on Thu, 07/10/2014 - 09:23 New Jersey
A bank executive from London shot his wife dead before turning the gun on himself.
Julian Knott, 45, an executive director for JP Morgan, shot 47-year-old Alita repeatedly, police said.
The father-of-three was found dead alongside her in their home in Jefferson Township, New Jersey, on Sunday. He had worked in the City for almost 20 years before moving to the US in December 2012.
In a tribute posted online soon after the bodies were found, their daughter Kayleigh said that the couple were: “now stress-free”.
JP Morgan Director Julian Knott Killed Wife With Shotgun in Murder-Suicide
It is thought at least eight finance professionals have taken their lives so far this year. They are:
Autumn Radtke, 28, the CEO Bitcoin exchange First Meta, was found dead on 28 February outside her Singapore apartment. She had jumped from a 25-story building, authorities said.
Li Junjie, 33, a JP Morgan employee, leaped to his death from the roof of the company's 30-story Hong Kong office tower, authorities said. Photos showed Junjie on the building's roof moments before he jumped.
Li Junjie is thought to have leapt to his death soon after this photo was taken.
Gabriel Magee, 39, an IT vice president at JP Morgan fell to his death from the roof of the bank's 33-storey office in Canary Wharf on 28 January.
Mike Dueker, 50, a chief economist at Russell Investments, was found dead at the side of a road in Washington State on 31 January.
William Broeksmit, 58, was found hanged at a house in South Kensington, London on 26 January. He was a former senior risk manager at Deutsche Bank.
Richard Talley, the 57-year-old founder of American Title Services in Centennial, Colorado, was found dead earlier this month after apparently shooting himself with a nail gun.
Edmund Reilly, 47, a New York trader at Midtown's Vertical Group, commited suicide by jumping in front of commuter train on 11 March.