Wealthy restaurateur, 52, kills his PREGNANT wife, their two young children and himself in horrific murder-suicide at $1.2m home in Houston’s smartest suburb
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A wealthy Texas restaurateur and former pharmaceutical CEO murdered his pregnant wife and their two young children in a horror murder-suicide, the Daily Mail has learned.
Matthew Mitchell, 52, has been named as the suspect in the tragedy in the affluent neighborhood of River Oaks in Houston, Texas on Monday night.
Matthew was found dead alongside his pregnant wife Thy Mitchell, 39, and their two young children, aged eight and four, in their $1.2 million home.
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Authorities said Matthew is the suspect in the deaths, and said all victims died from gunshot wounds.
The couple owned the restaurant Traveler’s Table in Houston, and Matthew was previously CEO of the Texas Center for Drug Development, according to his website biography.
A publicist for the family’s restaurant referred to Thy as a ‘dear friend’ to the Daily Mail, and said the family would not be releasing a statement as the investigation continues.
Houston Police Department said they were called to the address shortly after 5:26pm on Monday night for a welfare check.
Police said it was a babysitter and a relative of one of the parents who alerted officers after not hearing from the family for over a day.
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Matthew Mitchell, 52, a wealthy Texas restaurateur and former pharmaceutical CEO, murdered his pregnant wife and their two young children in a horror murder-suicide, the Daily Mail has learned
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Authorities said the couple’s two children aged 8 and 4 were found dead in the home
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Police said they entered the home to find the parents and their two children dead inside.
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The children had last been seen on Sunday, and had been found dead in their beds, reports Fox26.
Authorities said they were treating the tragedy as a murder-suicide, but have not released any further details about the crime scene.
The River Oaks community is among the most affluent in Houston, where multi-million dollar homes line the streets.
A neighbor named Cindy told Click2 that she has lived in the neighborhood for 19 years, and had ‘never seen anything like this.’
‘We haven’t had these kinds of tragedies. We don’t have robberies,’ she said. ‘I shake for the little kids.’
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Police were called to the family’s $1.2 million Houston home by a concerned babysitter, and the children were found dead in their beds, authorities said
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Authorities said they were treating the tragedy as a murder-suicide, but have not released any further details over the crime scene
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According to his biography on his restaurant’s website, Matthew Mitchell was a journalist in London and New York City, and was President and CEO of the Texas Center for Drug Development, Inc., a clinical research company, before opening his restaurant
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The family were successful businesspeople, and the couple were named Restaurateurs Of The Year in Houston last year
According to his biography on his restaurant’s website, Matthew Mitchell studied in France, Italy, and at Oxford University in England, and early in his career he worked as a journalist in London and New York City.
When he returned to Texas, he attended Rice University, and entered the pharmaceutical industry, eventually becoming the President and CEO of the Texas Center for Drug Development, Inc., a clinical research company.
He went on to open Traveler’s Table with his wife Thy – a restaurateur and board member of the Texas Restaurant Association.
In September 2025, the couple were named Restaurateurs Of The Year in Houston.
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