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<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#41393a"><strong>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 </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#41393a"><strong>Leonid Solomonovich Yamburg, 51, walked into the Sunnyvale DPS headquarters at around 2.30pm on January 20 to report the murder</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#41393a"><strong>He was immediately detained at the headquarters while police went to his residence to conduct a wellness check</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#41393a"><strong>Officers responded to Yamburg&#8217;s home and found his wife, Svetlana Nikitina, and the couple&#8217;s 11-year-old daughter dead</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#41393a"><strong>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</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Leonid-Solomonovich-Yamburg-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-368986" width="551" height="556"/><figcaption><strong>Leonid Solomonovich Yamburg, 51, walked into the Sunnyvale DPS headquarters at around 2.30pm on January 20 to report the murders</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>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. <br>Officers with the Sunnyvale Police Department said in a Thursday <a href="https://local.nixle.com/alert/8487076/">release</a> that Leonid Solomonovich Yamburg, 51, walked into the Sunnyvale DPS headquarters at around 2.30pm on January 20 to report the murder. <br>He was immediately detained at the headquarters while police went to his residence to conduct a wellness check.<br>Officers responding to Yamburh&#8217;s home on the 900 block of West Homestead Road found his wife, Svetlana Nikitina, and the couple&#8217;s young daughter dead.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/vetlana-Nikitina-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-368989"/><figcaption><strong>Officers responded to Yamburg&#8217;s home found his wife, Svetlana Nikitina Yamburg</strong>,<strong> [photo], and the couple&#8217;s young daughter dead</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>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&#8217;s bathrooms. <br>Anderson also shared that following his arrest, Yamburg declined to be interviewed and invoked his right to an attorney.<br>Leonid Yamburg, who was reportedly, an engineer at a software company, has been arrested on suspicion of two counts of murder.<br>Svetlana Nikitina Yamburg had worked as a resource teacher for students with disabilities in the Cupertino Union School District before her death.<br>&#8216;This is just a horrific tragedy,&#8217; Anderson said. &#8216;Our hearts are broken for the family, for the victims and for all of their friends.&#8217; </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Leonid-Solomonovich-Yamburg-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-368987"/><figcaption><strong>Leonid Yamburg declined to be interviewed further and invoked his right to an attorney. He faces two counts of murder in the deaths of his wife and daughter.</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner is currently trying to determine a cause of death. ; ; ;<br>Anderson added: &#8216;These incidents are all tragic incidents, but especially when it involves a kid. Most of us all have kids of our own.&#8217; ;</p>

Software engineer Leonid Yamburg, 51, kills wife and 11-year-old daughter, before walking into police headquarters and turning himself in to Sunnyvale cops
