Overview
- Police discovered Matthew and Thy Mitchell and their two children dead inside their River Oaks home during a welfare check after the children did not arrive at school on May 4.
- The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences ruled Matthew Mitchell’s death a suicide and ruled Thy Mitchell and the two children homicides, with all four dying from gunshot wounds to the head.
- The family’s first public statement clarified that the welfare check was requested by Thy’s sister after the babysitter could not find the children, said no one entered the home before police, and denied reports that Thy was pregnant.
- The family said it turned over all interior security camera footage to Houston police to aid the ongoing homicide investigation and asked for privacy and accurate reporting.
- Traveler’s Table and Traveler’s Cart will remain open, Foreign Fare will pause operations while the family grieves, and the family has launched the Thy Mai Foundation as well as a memorial hospitality scholarship and planned tributes.