Real estate agent Lorraine Ficken, left, was found dead alongside her husband Robert. The couple are said to have been killed by their own son, Matthew, [right]

A ‘reclusive’ son lived with the bodies of his murdered parents for ‘five days’ before killing himself.
King County Sheriff Deputy investigators said Matthew Ficken, 34, shot his parents, Lorraine and Robert Ficken, on the evening of Jan. 10, or on the morning of Jan. 11.
However, he didn’t kill himself until five days later when deputies came to the house do a welfare check on Tuesday. Concerned family members called authorities after not hearing from them for several days, according to KOMO news.

Lorraine, 68, and Robert, 72, were found dead on Tuesday afternoon in their $700,000 home in Sammamish, Washington, along with their adult son Matthew. All had  died from gunshot wounds.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office said Matthew died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head and his death was ruled a suicide.
Lorraine and Robert had split amicably ten years ago but still lived together with their son, The Seattle Times reports. Mathew  a software engineer was a long-term Microsoft employee, who worked from home.

Detectives believe a possible motive for the murders occurred when Matthew was told his mother was moving out of state and he would have to find his own place.”
Family members have said Matthew was ‘mad at his mom for planning to sell the house and move to Oregon to be near her family, even though detectives said she gave him more than enough money to get started on his own place. She “gave him enough money to pay for his first and last month deposit on an apartment and additional expenses,” police said.

‘Matthew always lived at home, he didn’t have a job,’ said King Co. Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Ryan Abbott. ‘From what the family tells us, he just could take it for some reason and didn’t want the house he grew up in from being sold from underneath him. And for some reason he shot and killed his parents over this.’

Police seen outside the home following the murder suicide, discovered the carnage after relatives asked them to carry out a welfare check on the family

Lorraine had been planning to retire and had bought a home to live near her eldest sister in Sherwood, Oregon.
Neighbor Jennifer Eiken told Kiro 7: ‘(Lorraine Ficken’s) son was very kind of reclusive. ‘She was the sweetest woman in the world. Just so sweet,’ Eiken added.
Lorraine had sold homes since 1992. Her husband Robert was a well known local historian and author who wrote books about Washington.
Robert was a ‘gifted historian’ who had written several books and had earned a doctoral degree from the University of Washington.
Police said relatives asked for them to check on the family but said there were no recent calls to them from the home before the murder suicide.

Lorraine’s brother-in-law, John Mance, told The Seattle Times: ‘Lorraine was a very accomplished Realtor. She was pretty upbeat. She liked to laugh a lot.
‘You would never meet a family of sisters that could be closer. They’re all helpful and outgoing. The sisterhood bond, I’ve never seen anything like it.’