A pioneering former San Francisco police deputy chief who broke barriers for women in law enforcement has died alongside her 24-year-old daughter in a suspected murder-suicide involving her estranged husband, a retired police sergeant, in California.
Ann Mannix, 65, a former deputy chief of the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), her daughter, Katherine Elizabeth 'Katie' Mannix, 24, and retired sergeant Kevin Mannix, 68, were found dead at a home in Marin County on Sunday evening, 11 October. Investigators are working to establish the circumstances surrounding the shooting.