Bay Area 'Murder House' Sells Above Asking

A San Francisco house where a family of four died in 2025 sold for $2.2 million after four days on the market. (abc7news.com) The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home on Monterey Boulevard in Westwood Highlands had been listed at $1.5 million and closed on April 15, 2026. (abc7news.com) ABC7 reported the house was the site of an October 8, 2025 murder-suicide involving Thomas “T.R.” Ocheltree, Paula Truong, and their two daughters. (abc7news.com 1) (abc7news.com 2) Autopsy records obtained by SFGATE said Ocheltree, 57, and the girls, ages 9 and 12, were shot to death, and Truong, 53, died by suicide. (sfgate.com) The property had already been in foreclosure before the deaths. Court documents cited by ABC7 said the family was more than $200,000 behind on mortgage payments in February 2024 and had been in default since March 2022. (abc7news.com) Those same records said the house was sold at a public auction in September 2024, months before the family members were found dead inside. (abc7news.com) ABC7 also reported that Ocheltree and Truong had previously owned Orbit Coffee, an Oakland cafe and roastery business whose three locations had closed. (abc7news.com) Neighbors told ABC7 in October that flowers had been left outside the house after the deaths, and San Francisco police said at the time they believed the case was isolated. (abc7news.com) (sfgate.com) Six months later, the same address sold well above list price, showing that even a house tied to a recent killing can still draw aggressive bidding in San Francisco. (abc7news.com)