Nancy A. Rockcastle

Nancy A. Rockcastle (September 28, 1928 – October 23, 1975) was a 47-year-old woman who unintentionally turned her own suicide into a familicide when she used the family's Mercedes-Benz to asphyxiate herself in the garage of the family's rented home at 1433 Hardy Court in McLean on October 23, 1975.[1]

Fumes from the car's running engine filled not only the garage but the entire house with carbon monoxide, killing her husband Charles, a Navy captain, 6-year-old son Matthew, and fatally injuring her 13-year-old son Andrew.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Seaberry, Jane, and Bill McAllister. "Wife Slays Self, Son, Husband." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Oct 24 1975. ProQuest. Web. 22 Oct. 2016.
  2. ↑ "Fumes Fatal to Fourth in Family." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 1. Nov 13 1975. ProQuest. Web. 22 Oct. 2016.