The Sunnyvale man shot his wife and their young daughter in the head before walking into police headquarters and admitting his crimes to a records clerk

Leonid Solomonovich Yamburg, 51, walked into the Sunnyvale DPS headquarters at around 2.30pm on January 20 to report the murder

He was immediately detained at the headquarters while police went to his residence to conduct a wellness check

Officers responded to Yamburg’s home and found his wife, Svetlana Nikitina, and the couple’s 11-year-old daughter dead

DPS Captain Craig Anderson shared that while Nikitina had been found in a garage, the daughter was found in one of bathrooms inside the home

A 51-year-old man has been charged in Sunnyvale, California, with the murder of his wife and 11-year-old daughter after he turned himeslf in to police and reported the double-homicide. 
Officers with the Sunnyvale Police Department said in a Thursday release that Leonid Solomonovich Yamburg, 51, walked into the Sunnyvale DPS headquarters at around 2.30pm on January 20 to report the murder. 
He was immediately detained at the headquarters while police went to his residence to conduct a wellness check.
Officers responding to Yamburh’s home on the 900 block of West Homestead Road found his wife, Svetlana Nikitina, and the couple’s young daughter dead.

During a press conference, DPS Captain Craig Anderson shared that while Nikitina had been found in a garage, the 11-year-old was found in one of the home’s bathrooms. 
Anderson also shared that following his arrest, Yamburg declined to be interviewed and invoked his right to an attorney.
Leonid Yamburg, who was reportedly, an engineer at a software company, has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder.
Svetlana Nikitina Yamburg had worked as a resource teacher for students with disabilities in the Cupertino Union School District before her death.
‘This is just a horrific tragedy,’ Anderson said. ‘Our hearts are broken for the family, for the victims and for all of their friends.’ 

The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner is currently trying to determine a cause of death.   
Anderson added: ‘These incidents are all tragic incidents, but especially when it involves a kid. Most of us all have kids of our own.’