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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ee3b3fb4417a06b8f9413a874935a049" style="color:#1b0404;font-size:14px"><strong>Texas multi restaurant owner Mathew Mitchell gunned down his business partner wife and their two young children before fatally shooting himself inside their home on Sunday night </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e399ad4f278907bd6c4f59c743bc0a7c" style="color:#1b0404;font-size:14px"><strong>Mitchell, 52, his wife Thy Mitchell, 39, their daughter, 8, and son, 4, found dead with gunshot wounds inside their home in the River Oaks area of Houston on Monday evening </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d20618b1068c5a14ce7593f2fdd8f432" style="color:#1b0404;font-size:14px"> <strong><strong>Motive has not been established but</strong></strong>, <strong><strong>police believe Mathew killed his family before shooting himself </strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1c702c134468a4d1f1dcfdb0fe682643" style="color:#1b0404;font-size:14px"><strong>Police made the discovery after responding to a welfare check at 5:30 p.m. when family reported they&#8217;d not heard from the family since the previous night </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Restaurateur Matthew Mitchell, 52, and his business partner wife Thy Mitchell, 39, were found dead on Monday at their home in the affluent River Oaks section of Houston, TX</strong></p>



<p>A prominent Texas restaurateur, police <a href="https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2026/may/nr050526-1.htm">believe, gunned down</a><a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/montrose-restaurant-owners-murder-suicide-river-oaks-houston/285-d1939808-dd4e-4f24-a235-34eba7238a49"> </a>his business partner wife and their two young children before fatally shooting himself inside their home in an affluent Houston neighborhood.<br>Matthew Mitchell, 52, Thy Mitchell, 39, and their 8-year-old daughter Maya and 4-year-old son Max, were found dead with gunshot wounds in their River Oaks home Monday evening.<br>Officers of the Houston Police Department made the discovery of the apparent triple murder-suicide in the River Oaks area around 5:30 p.m. on Monday while responding to a welfare check. <br>The family&#8217;s baby-sitter and a relative had reported they had not heard from or seen the family since the previous night.<br>“Evidence on scene indicated the incident was a murder-suicide in which the male shot the three victims and then shot himself,” police said in a statement.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>The couple’s 8-year-old daughter Maya and 4-year-old son Max, were also killed 39, in the suspected family tragedy</strong></p>



<p>Matthew and Thy Mitchell were known around the Houston community as the owners of Travelers Table on Montrose Boulevard, a restaurant serving “globally curated cuisine” inspired by their family’s travels across the world.<br>The couple would go to open another restaurant called Traveler’s Cart, serving global street food on Westheimer Road, also in metro Houston.<br>The couple’s restaurants have been featured on Food Network programs, including “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” with host Guy Fieri.<br>One of their chefs also appeared on “Beat Bobby Flay,” where he defeated the celebrity chef.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Travelers Table and Traveler’s Cart, both restaurants owned by the<strong> Mitchells [second and third right], </strong>have been featured on Food Network programs, including “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” with celebrity chef Guy Fieri, [third left]</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Thy and Matthew Mitchell, the owners of two restaurants -Travelers Table and Traveler&#8217;s Cart &#8211; in Houston metro were found dead, along with their two children, inside their home on Monday. Police believe Mathew killed his family before shooting himself </strong></p>



<p>Matthew received a bachelor’s degree from Emory University and worked as a writer and journalist in London, Paris, and New York City, according to his website’s bio.<br>After returning to Texas, he attended Rice University and worked as a CEO in the pharmaceutical industry.<br>He transitioned into the restaurant industry over a decade later, according to his bio.<br>Thy grew up working at their grandmother’s and mother’s Vietnamese restaurant and worked in the restaurant industry throughout college.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size"><strong>Houston police Monday evening responded at the home in the River Oaks area where a family of four were all found dead in what is believed a case of triple homicide-suicide. Police believe Mathew shot his wife Thy and their children Maya and Max before turning the gun on himself</strong></p>



<p><br>She later held HR leadership roles at three Fortune 500 hospitality and retail companies, according to her biography. <br>The investigation into the incident is ongoing. Police urge anyone with additional information about the case to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600. </p>

Prominent Houston restaurateur kills business partner wife, their two kids, 8 and four, shoots himself in triple murder-suicide
