DA: Dover tragedy was a murder-suicide
The tragedy in a Dover mansion Thursday night that took the lives of three people has been confirmed as a murdersuicide.
An autopsy indicates that the father and husband of the home, Rakesh Kamal, 57, shot his wife, Teena Kamal, 54, and his daughter, Arianna Kamal, 18, before turning the pistol on himself, according to findings from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for Massachusetts.
A final autopsy report should be completed in the coming weeks, according to the Norfolk District Attorney’s office.
Rakesh Kamal did not have a license nor registration for the .40 caliber Glock 22 found near his body at the crime scene at 8 Wilson’s Way, a private street in Dover.
The bodies of the Kamal family were discovered by a family member who told police that the family hadn’t been heard from for a “day or two.” This relative called police at around 7:34 p.m. Thursday.
The home was last assessed at nearly $6.8 million for both land and building, the Herald reported last week, and the lender had foreclosed on the Kamal’s mortgage a year ago. The Kamals were underwater financially, a Herald review of legal and financial records indicated.
The elder Kamals were the founders of an educational products company called EduNova Inc. While the company appears to have been active in some ways like social media earlier, the Kamals filed articles of organization under their thenaddress of 22 Roberts Road in Marlboro in August 2016.
On the last day of 2021, the Kamals dissolved their business. People with names matching those associated with the business have not returned requests for comment since the Herald reached out to them on Friday.
Teena Kamal was involved in her community through work with the American Red Cross, where she served on the state board of directors and was the vice chair of the 2023-2024 iteration of the organization’s Tiffany Circle Society of Women Leaders.
Arianna Kamal had just graduated from Milton Academy in the spring and was in her freshman year at Middlebury College. The school wrote in a statement that she was “a sweet, smart, kind young woman who was just beginning to realize her full potential.”
The tragedy shed prompted Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey to urge anyone who feels unsafe in a relationship to call a 24/7 domestic violence hotline called Massachusetts SafeLink, which serves as a resource for anyone affected by domestic or dating violence. The number is 877-785-2020.
There is also the National Domestic Violence Hotline, available by calling 1-800-799SAFE (7233) or through online chat at www.TheHotline.org.
“I hate to see it at any time. I think some of the tensions that people feel in relationships often come out around the holidays which is why we try to get the message out,” Morrissey said Friday from near the scene of the crime, “but we see it at all times of the year. It’s unfortunate.”