A retired San Francisco police sergeant who gunned down his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself was in the throes of a bizarre late-life makeover — as a a family friend said he had “a monster inside him.”
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he → gun → him
Kevin Mannix, 68, had reportedly been hitting the gym, shedding pounds and overhauling his appearance as his marriage to former San Francisco Deputy Police Chief Ann Mannix, 65, crumbled.
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marriage → hit → Mannix
“He had wanted to chase youth,” Mary Conde, a longtime close friend of Ann, told the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Conde → want → Chronicle
“It seems like he was on a campaign to revamp his appearance.”
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he → seem → appearance
Conde described the former police sergeant as being in the middle of a late “midlife crisis” as the couple headed toward divorce.
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couple → describe → divorce
But the most chilling revelation came when Conde described the darkness she now believes was lurking beneath Kevin’s seemingly ordinary exterior.
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she → come → exterior
“Kevin had a monster inside of him that he was able to suppress for all of his lifetime until Sunday, and that monster came out in the most horrific possible way,” Conde told the Chronicle “And nobody suspected that that was ever a possibility.”
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that → have → Chronicle
The disturbing comments come after investigators said Kevin fatally shot his wife and their 24-year-old daughter, Katie, inside the family’s home in the affluent Marin County community of Strawberry, east of Mill Valley, on Sunday evening.
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Kevin → come → evening
He then apparently turned the gun on himself, authorities said.
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authorities → turn → himself
At least one person managed to escape the house and call 911 as the horror unfolded.
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horror → manage → 911
The caller reported that Kevin had been drinking red wine, according to investigators.
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Kevin → report → investigators
Authorities have not publicly identified a motive for the suspected double murder-suicide.
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Authorities → identify → suicide
Conde, a local entertainment executive who had known Ann for decades, said the shocking violence blindsided those closest to the family.
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violence → know → family
Still, she admitted that after processing the horrific news, she couldn’t completely dismiss the possibility that Kevin was capable of such brutality.
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Kevin → admit → brutality
“I didn’t clutch my pearls and say, ‘Kevin? No way,’” she told the Chronicle.
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she → clutch → Chronicle
Meanwhile, newly uncovered records reveal Kevin was still working part-time for the San Francisco Police Department despite retiring from the force in 2018 after 27 years of service.
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Kevin → uncover → service
He had apparently been helping investigate prospective police recruits in the department’s staff services division before being abruptly reassigned to the property division on Sept. 1.
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He → help → Sept.
The transfer was made at the request of the deputy chief of administration, although the reason behind the move remains unclear.
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reason → make → move
Department officials declined to comment on the reassignment, according to the Chronicle.
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officials → decline → Chronicle
Ann, who had also returned to the department as a part-time employee following her retirement, was a celebrated trailblazer who became the first woman to serve on San Francisco’s SWAT team and eventually command the elite unit.
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who → return → unit
She later rose to deputy chief, overseeing the department’s Field Operations and Special Operations bureaus.
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She → rise → bureaus
Her brutal death, along with that of her young daughter, has devastated former colleagues and loved ones.
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death → devastate → colleagues
One close friend, who said she had known Ann for decades, previously told thr California Post: “This is so sad for me.
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This → say → me
Love her, she didn’t deserve this.”
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she → love → this
The San Francisco Police Officers Association described the suspected murder-suicide as a “horrific and senseless” tragedy that left the department reeling.
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that → describe → department
“There are no words that can fully capture the depth of this tragedy, nor are there simple answers to the painful questions we are all asking,” the association said.
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association → be → questions
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