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<h6 class="entry-title"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>&#8216;Reclusive&#8217; Microsoft employee, 34, ; shot dead his parents at their ; home in Sammamish, Washington, before committing suicide</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="entry-title"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Lorraine, 68, and Robert, 72, were found with gunshot wounds on Tuesday afternoon in the $700,000 home along with their adult son, Matthew</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="entry-title"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Mathew Ficken lived with their dead bodies for five days before turning the gun on himself, when deputies appeared for a welfare check on the couple</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="entry-title"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Investigators said 34-year-old Matthew Ficken, a software engineer, lived and worked from his parent&#8217;s home ; ;</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="entry-title"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>It&#8217;s thought ;Matthew Ficken &#8216;was mad at his mom&#8217; for planning to sell their house and move to be near family ;</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class="media-library__list-item-centered" draggable="false" src="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Lorraine-Ficken-left-was-killed-by-their-own-son-Matthew-Ficken-right-1.jpg?zoom=1.100000023841858&;ssl=1&;w=450" alt="Lorraine ;Ficken, [left], was killed by their own son, Matthew  ;Ficken [right] 1" width="580" height="429">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]</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">A &#8216;reclusive&#8217; son lived with the bodies of his murdered parents for &#8216;five days&#8217; before killing himself.<br />
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.<br />
However, ;he didn&#8217;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 ;<a class="class" href="https://komonews.com/news/local/parents-shot-5-days-before-son-killed-himself-in-sammamish-murder-suicide" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">KOMO news</a>.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="media-library__list-item-centered" draggable="false" src="https://i1.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Lorraine-and-Robert-Ficken-were-found-shot-to-death-in-their-home-1.jpg?zoom=1.100000023841858&;ssl=1&;w=450" alt="Lorraine and Robert Ficken were found shot to death in their home 1" width="580" height="285"><strong>Lorraine and Robert Ficken were found shot to death in their home, [photo], in Sammamish, Washington, along with their son Matthew who police say killed them both before turning the gun on himself</strong></h6>
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<p>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.<br />
The King County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office said Matthew died ;of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head and his death was ruled a suicide.<br />
Lorraine and Robert had split amicably ten years ago but still lived together with their son, ;<a class="class" href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/3-found-dead-in-sammamish-a-longtime-realtor-author-their-son-relative-says/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Seattle Times</a> ;reports. Mathew ; a software engineer was a long-term Microsoft employee, who worked from home.</p>
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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.&#8221;<br />
Family members have said Matthew was &#8216;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 &#8220;gave him enough money to pay for his first and last month deposit on an apartment and additional expenses,&#8221; police said.<br />
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&#8216;Matthew always lived at home, he didn&#8217;t have a job,&#8217; said King Co. Sheriff&#8217;s Office Sgt. Ryan Abbott. ;&#8216;From what the family tells us, he just could take it for some reason and didn&#8217;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.&#8217;</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="media-library__list-item-centered" draggable="false" src="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Police-outside-Lorraine-and-Robert-Fickens-home-2.jpg?zoom=1.100000023841858&;ssl=1&;w=450" alt="Police outside Lorraine and Robert Ficken's home 2" width="580" height="425">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</strong></h6>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Lorraine had been planning to retire and had bought a home to live near her eldest sister in Sherwood, Oregon.<br />
<strong><img class="media-library__list-item-centered alignleft" draggable="false" src="https://i2.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/History-book-by-Robert-Ficken.jpg?zoom=1.100000023841858&;ssl=1&;w=450" alt="History book by Robert Ficken" width="226" height="334"></strong>Neighbor Jennifer Eiken told ;<a class="class" href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/three-bodies-found-during-welfare-check-in-sammamish/905015001" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kiro 7</a>: &#8216;(Lorraine Ficken&#8217;s) son was very kind of reclusive. ;&#8216;She was the sweetest woman in the world. Just so sweet,&#8217; Eiken added.<br />
Lorraine had sold homes since 1992. Her husband Robert was a well known local historian and author who wrote books about Washington.<br />
Robert was a &#8216;gifted historian&#8217; who had written several books and ;had earned a doctoral degree from the University of Washington.<br />
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.<br />
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Managing broker Marilyn Green said her colleague was &#8216;was one of the nicest people we&#8217;ve ever known&#8217;.<br />
She said of Lorraine in a statement: &#8216;She was one of our top producers, and served her clients without fault. We have been hearing from so many clients who are in tears over this tragedy. It is a huge loss for so many and Lorraine will be greatly missed.&#8217;<br />
Robert, described as a &#8216;gifted historian&#8217; co-wrote Washington: A Centennial History with Charles LeWarne, who remembered his literary collaborator: &#8216;I just had tremendous respect for him. He was very quiet but not reserved.<br />
He was very confident, very astute. It was really an honor to work with him.&#8217;</p>
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Lorraine&#8217;s brother-in-law, John Mance, told The Seattle Times: &#8216;Lorraine was a very accomplished Realtor. She was pretty upbeat. She liked to laugh a lot.<br />
&#8216;You would never meet a family of sisters that could be closer. They&#8217;re all helpful and outgoing. The sisterhood bond, I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it.&#8217;</div>
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Washington couple shot in their home by ‘Reclusive’ son because he was mad at his mom for planning to sell their home – Microsoft employee Matthew Ficken, 34, lived with his dead parents bodies for five days before committing suicide
