The Body Count On Main Street

The financial crisis takes a human toll

By Nick Turse

On Oct. 4, in Los Angeles, Karthik Rajaram, 45, shot his wife, mother-in-law and three sons before turning the gun on himself. In a suicide note, Rajaram wrote that he was broke, having incurred massive financial losses in the economic meltdown. "I understand he was unemployed, his [RETURN TO ARTICLE]