Bay Area Murder House Sells Above Asking

A San Francisco house where four family members died in October sold this month for $2.2 million, about $700,000 above asking. (redfin.com) (kron4.com) The three-bedroom, two-bath home at 930 Monterey Blvd. in Westwood Highlands closed on April 15, 2026, after four days on the market. The list price was $1,499,950. (redfin.com) (yahoo.com) San Francisco police found four bodies at the home on October 8, 2025, after responding to a welfare check on the 900 block of Monterey Boulevard. (nbcbayarea.com 1) (nbcbayarea.com 2) The dead were identified as Thomas Russell Ocheltree, 51; Paula Truong, 45; and their children, Evelyn Ocheltree, 10, and Vincent Ocheltree, 7. Investigators treated the case as a murder-suicide. (nbcbayarea.com 1) (nbcbayarea.com 2) Autopsy reports later found that Truong died by suicide after fatally shooting her husband and both children, according to reports cited by SFGATE and KRON4. (sfgate.com) (kron4.com) The sale did not happen in a weak market. Redfin says Westwood Highlands homes were selling for a median $2.96 million and 13.7% above list, with an average 17 days on market. (redfin.com) That helps explain why a stigmatized property still drew enough demand to clear $2.2 million in less than a week. Comparable Westwood Highlands homes have also closed above $2 million in the past year. (redfin.com) (redfin.com) California requires sellers and agents to disclose a death on a property if it occurred within the previous three years. After that, they generally do not have to volunteer it unless asked directly. (nolo.com) So the buyers at 930 Monterey Blvd. almost certainly entered the deal knowing what happened there. The house sold anyway, and at a price that matched the neighborhood’s appetite for scarce San Francisco homes. (nolo.com) (redfin.com)