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Unsolved Mysteries

The Kuria Family Murders

Unsolved Mysteries

Cosgrove Meurer Productions, Inc. + Audacy

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.73.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Five members of the same family are bludgeoned in their home—only two young boys survive. Who is the violent killer and what was his motive for theattack on these innocent victims? To find out more about this case visit: https://unsolved.com/podcasts/the-kuria-family-murders/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

One cup car pulls in and I remember him asking me where and I pointed to the back door

0:08.9

and he goes, guns drawn.

0:11.7

Unbilances, fire trucks are coming in, a helicopter comes in and we still don't know what's happening.

0:21.6

What concerns me about this killer is the ability to inflict those assaults on a woman

0:28.6

and two precious girls and those two little boys and not speak a word about it.

0:34.1

That's completely narcissistic and sociopathic.

0:38.9

That's what concerns me.

0:45.7

On the morning of August 1st, 2007, the phone rings inside the home of Jane Kiria and it

0:52.1

goes unanswered.

1:02.1

I'm Steve French and this is Unsolved Mysteries, the Kiria Family murders.

1:32.1

The

1:33.1

powder springs is a northwest suburb of Atlanta, Georgia.

1:41.5

The population is about 16,000.

1:44.5

The cul-de-sac where Jane Kiria lives with her two daughters and young son is quiet and

1:49.1

peaceful, with nice homes and well-kept lawns, which makes what happened in this neighborhood

1:55.1

in 2007 even more shocking and disturbing.

2:00.4

And Pauline Tunday hasn't heard from her sister-in-law Jane in more than a day.

2:04.7

She heads over to Jane's home with her niece, Diana Maina.

2:08.6

My aunt Pauline knocks in the door at mebe around 9.45 in the morning and she tells me,

2:13.7

hey, do you mind taking me over to your aunt's house?

2:16.4

To Jane's house because I've been trying to call them.

2:18.9

My son is over there and it's unlike them to not answer the phone or open the door ever

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