CP NewsAlert: Homicide-suicide ruling in deaths of family in Prince Rupert, B.C.

By Canadian Press on February 10, 2026.

BURNABY — The jury in a British Columbia coroner’s inquest into the deaths of a family of four in Prince Rupert has found that they died of homicide and suicide.

The jury, which found 38-year-old Christopher Duong died of self-inflicted wounds to the neck, has recommended that police be informed when someone they have brought to hospital under the Mental Health Act is released.

The inquest heard last week that Duong was suspected by police to have killed his wife, Janet Nguyen, their two young sons and then himself on June 13, 2023, three days after Duong was detained by police under the Mental Health Act but then released a few hours later.

More coming.

The Canadian Press