A couple found dead at their home had a
Christmas dinner with their disabled children
before killing themselves, friends said.
Julia and Jan Tshabalala had their family meal a
day early on Christmas Eve, then sent their two
young children to stay with relatives.
The next morning they were found dead in an
apparent suicide pact.
Neighbours said they had seemed to be a ‘nice
happy family’. The couple’s daughter, Serena,
had cerebral palsy, although she did not need a
wheelchair, while their son, Junior, had
learning difficulties.Their children, thought to
be aged between four and seven, go to a local
school specialising in learning difficulties.
‘They were very nice people,’ said their
next-door neighbour,We used to receive
Christmas cards from them. They were a
very private couple, but we would always
speak to them over the fence. They always
seemed like a happy couple, but you never
really know do you?’
Police visited the rented £150,000 home in
Billingshurst, West Sussex, on Christmas Day
after a relative went to the house just after 9am.
He apparently looked through a window and
saw Jan, 33, who worked as a carer, hanging in
a room. His wife Julia, in her 30s, was also
dead inside.
There were rumours the couple had been in
financial trouble, although friends dismissed
the idea.
One neighbour said:
‘I’d see the man in his front garden
sometimes and he would wave. She was a
good mother, I would see her at the swings
in the park with her kids. They were
completely normal and pleasant.’
Another said:
‘I last saw Julia on Christmas Eve and she
seemed happy. Julia didn’t work and just
looked after the kids. The little girl has
cerebral palsy – she’s a lovely little girl,
very quiet. And the boy has learning
difficulties too. But she never said she was
struggling.’
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