Family and Friends Mourn Westchester Woman, Kids Killed in Murder-Suicide

Family and friends filled a Pennsylvania funeral home Saturday to mourn the lives of a wife and mother and her two children, who were killed last week in their home.

The caskets remained closed as those said a final goodbye. All three were buried at the Monterfiore Cemetary, a short distance from where Amy Friedlander grew up, and miles away from where the tragedy unfolded last week. 

Police say Sam Friedlander beat his wife to death, then shot his children as they slept before killing himself in the basement.

Gary and Roberta Perez mourned their daughter and grandchildren along with dozens of friends who traveled from New York. Meanwhile, the Westchester community where the Friedlanders lived held a memorial at the families synagogue in South Salem. Friends and neighbors were still in shock over the murder-suicide.

"How could anyone be prepared for such a tragedy," said one mourner. "There were never any signs. This is not the Sam I worked with, the Sam I knew.”

 

The couple was reportedly in the middle of a divorce.

 

Those closest to them, though, said there were never any signs that this would be how it would all end.