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Bay Area investment firm VP, 49, kills his nine-year-old son in murder-suicide – Ex wife says Stephen O’Loughlin, developed a ‘cult-like paranoia about vaccinations’ during custody battle

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;474041"><strong>Bay Area investment firm VP killed his nine-year-old son before turning the gun on himself&comma; in murder-suicide on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;474041"><strong>Stephen O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin killed his son after he developed a &&num;8216&semi;cult-like paranoia about vaccinations&&num;8217&semi; during custody battle with child&&num;8217&semi;s mom <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;474041"><strong>Police in San Francisco say 49-year-old O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&comma; shot his son&comma; Pierce&comma; and then himself inside his apartment in Marina District on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;474041"><strong>O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&&num;8217&semi;s ex-wife&comma; Lesley Hu&comma; asked for welfare check after her son failed to show up for school that day<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;474041"><strong>Hu&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer&comma; <strong>Lorie Nachlis<&sol;strong><&sol;strong>&comma;<strong> said O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin suffered from untreated mental illness that caused him to become obsessed with Pierce&&num;8217&semi;s health<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;474041"><strong>In court filings&comma; Hu wrote that O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin became involved with self-help group and turned into anti-vaxxer<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;474041"><strong>O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&comma; had agreed to vaccinate Pierce a day before murder-suicide<&sol;strong> <&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;474041"><strong>Hu&comma; a top executive at a cargo company&comma; filed for sole custody so she could vaccinate her son<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Stephen-OLoughlin-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-368567" width&equals;"573" height&equals;"675"&sol;><figcaption><strong>San Francisco business executive Stephen O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&comma; 49 &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; shot and killed his nine-year-old son&comma; Pierce&comma; and then himself amid a custody battle on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A San Francisco investment firm VP who has been described as a mentally ill anti-vaxxer obsessed with government mind control killed his nine-year-old son and then himself last week amid a legal battle with the boy&&num;8217&semi;s mother over his vaccinations and health care&period;<br>Police officers performing a welfare check found Stephen O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&comma; 49&comma; and his son&comma; Pierce&comma; dead from gunshot wounds inside the O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&&num;8217&semi;s apartment in the 3800 block of Scott Street in San Francisco&&num;8217&semi;s Marina District on Wednesday evening<br>Officers were performing the welfare check at the request of the boy&&num;8217&semi;s mother&period;&nbsp&semi;She called the police after learning that her son had failed to show up for class&nbsp&semi;at his private Catholic school&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Pierce-OLoughlin-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-368568" width&equals;"586" height&equals;"681"&sol;><figcaption><strong><strong>Nine-year-old<&sol;strong> Pierce O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was shot and killed by his <strong>San Francisco based business executive dad&comma; Stephen O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&comma; who then shot and killed himself<&sol;strong> amid a custody battle on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Stephen-OLoughlins-apt-in-San-Francisco-CA-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-368569" width&equals;"588" height&equals;"327"&sol;><figcaption><strong>San Francisco police officers performing a welfare check at the request of Stephen O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&&num;8217&semi;s ex-wife found the bodies of the father and son inside this apartment building&nbsp&semi;in the 3800 block of Scott Street on Wednesday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Police are investigating the deaths as a murder-suicide&period;<br>O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin and his ex-wife&comma; Lesley Hu&comma; executive vice president at a cargo container supplier&comma; had been locked in a bitter custody battle that revolved around their son&&num;8217&semi;s health care&period;<br>Lesley Hu&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&comma; Lorie Nachlis&comma; claimed that her her ex-husband&comma; Stephen O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&comma; suffered from untreated mental illness&comma; which made him paranoid about vaccinations and obsessed with his son&&num;8217&semi;s health&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>The San Francisco power couple divorced in 2016&comma; and Hu was seeking sole custody of their son so that she could make medical decisions on his behalf without interference from her ex-husband&period;<br>O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin had given his consent to have Pierce vaccinated on Tuesday&comma; a day before their deaths&period; A trial concerning the custody battle was set to take place in March&comma; reported&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;sfchronicle&period;com&sol;crime&sol;article&sol;S-F-police-investigating-father-son-15871554&period;php">San Francisco Chronicle&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a><br>A lawyer for Pierce&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; Lesley Hu&nbsp&semi; said O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin suffered from untreated mental illness that caused him to become obsessed with the boy&&num;8217&semi;s health<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Lesley-Hu-Left-and-her-son-Lesley-OLoughlin-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-368571" width&equals;"578" height&equals;"456"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Lesley Hu&nbsp&semi; seen &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; with her son Pierce O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&comma; said her ex-husband suffered from untreated mental illness that grew into an obsessesion with their son&&num;8217&semi;s health<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Lesley-Hu-Left-and-her-son-Lesley-OLoughlin-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-368570"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Lesley Hu&comma; seen &lbrack;photo with Pierce&rsqb;&comma; wrote that ex&comma; Stephen O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin&comma; became involved with a self-help group he joined in 2012&comma; and turned into an anti-vaxxer<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">According to court records from last September&comma; Hu wrote that O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin joined a &&num;8216&semi;new-age&comma; self-help group&&num;8217&semi; in 2012 and became convinced that the government was using mind-control on Americans&period;<br>O’Loughlin had refused to allow his son to be vaccinated from a young age&comma; claiming that Pierce was vaccine-injured and had suffered serious side effects as a result of receiving shots as a baby&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Hu&comma; however&comma; denied her ex-husband&&num;8217&semi;s claims and argued that Pierce&&num;8217&semi;s doctors strongly recommended that he be fully vaccinated&period;&nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;&lbrack;O’Loughlin’s&rsqb; stance on vaccinations has taken on a cult-like tone&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Hu alleged&period;<br>The mother also claimed that her ex-husband had become so consumed with their son&&num;8217&semi;s health that he would videotape his breathing several times a day &&num;8216&semi;to document a stuffy nose&period;&&num;8217&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Lorie-Nachlis-left-and-Pierce-OLoughlin-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-368582"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Hu&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&nbsp&semi;Lorie Nachlis &lbrack;left&rsqb; says nine-year-olld Pierce O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; was not killed over vaccinations&comma; but because his father felt he was losing control and wanted to punish his ex-wife&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Nachlis&comma; Hu&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&comma; pushed back against the narrative that Pierce was killed over his parents&&num;8217&semi; feud over vaccinations or a stuffy nose&comma; arguing that he carried out the murder-suicide because he felt he was losing control&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;He punished Leslie with the ultimate act of violence&comma; killing her child&comma; and she will suffer as I believe was intended for the rest of her life&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Nachlis <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kron4&period;com&sol;news&sol;bay-area&sol;9-year-old-killed-in-san-francisco-murder-suicide-identified&sol;">said<&sol;a>&period; <br>While they were married&comma; O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin and Hu were heavily involved in San Francisco&&num;8217&semi;s cultural life and helped organize various events&period;  According to his LinkedIn page&comma; O&&num;8217&semi;Loughlin served as regional vice president at LoCorr Funds&comma; an investment management company&period; <br>His ex-wife&comma; Lesley Hu&comma;had only recently been promoted to executive vice president at Waterfront Global&comma; a container supplier where she has worked for more than 15 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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