Dad murders family after being caught with fake Covid vaccine card

A German man killed his wife and three daughters in a horror murder suicide after he was busted creating a fake Covid vaccine card.

A German man killed his wife and three young daughters before taking his own life after he was busted creating a fake Covid vaccine card, authorities said Tuesday.

The man, only identified as Devid R, was found fatally shot alongside his wife Linda and their three girls inside their home in Koenigs Wusterhausen, south of Berlin, on Saturday, the New York Post reports.

Prosecutors said the 40-year-old man left behind a suicide note that revealed he feared his daughters – aged four, eight and 10 – would be taken away from him after the forgery was discovered.

The father killed his family and then himself in fear that the kids would be taken away from them

Devid R killed his wife and three daughters after faking a Covid vaccination certificate in Germany.

Linda was killed alongside her daughters after her husband carried out a horror murder suicide.

Police tape hangs outside a house where a family of five was found dead on December. Picture: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Devid admitted in the note to creating the Covid vaccine card for his wife but her employer later found out it was fake and threatened to alert authorities.

The man feared that both he and his wife would be arrested and they would lose custody of their children, prosecutors said.

Devid’s wife worked for the TH Wildau university, according to the Berliner Kurier newspaper.

It wasn’t immediately clear what Devid did for a living.

A teddy bear and candles are placed in front of the house near the Berlin suburb Koenigs-Wusterhausen. Picture: Larissa Rausch/AFP

A police car is parked at the scene. Picture: John Macdougall/AFP

Authorities said they discovered the grisly murder-suicide after neighbours saw the family’s shot bodies inside the house through the window.

As of last month, workers in Germany were required to show their employers proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test.

Amid a recent tightening of the country’s Covid-19 restrictions, German authorities agreed last week to ban the unvaccinated from entering non-essential businesses.

The government is also planning to make vaccination mandatory for some jobs.

This article originally appeared on the NY Post and has been republished with permission.