The Kamal family, including Rakesh Kamal, 57, his wife Teena, 54, and their 18-year-old daughter Ariana, were found dead on Thursday evening. Originally from India, they had established themselves within the tech industry in the United States and used to run an education systems company called EduNova, which is now defunct.
Rakesh Kamal, an alumnus of Boston University, the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Stanford University, had an extensive career in education consulting and launched an Ed-tech company with his wife in 2016.
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EduNova marketed a ‘student success system’ designed to improve the grades of students in middle school, high school, and college,” The Boston Globe newspaper reported.
The company initially performed well resulting in the Kamals purchasing the 19,000-square-foot estate – which boasts 11 bedrooms – for $4 million in 2019, according to state records.
But the company was dissolved in December 2021, the records show. This was the start of a financial crisis for the couple, who used to go around as Rick and Teena.
Their sprawling mansion went into foreclosure a year ago and was sold to the Massachusetts-based Wilsondale Associates LLC for $3 million. The estate was estimated to be worth $5.45 million when it was sold.
Teena Kamal, an alumna of Harvard University and Delhi University in India, also filed for bankruptcy in September 2022, further highlighting the financial distress that the couple was under.
Ariana’s Aspirations: A Life Cut Short
The 18-year-old Ariana was a student at Middlebury College, a $64,800-a-year private liberal arts school in Vermont, where she was studying neuroscience, according to her LinkedIn.
Her school, Milton Academy, in a statement, said that Ariana was a sweet, smart, and kind young woman who was “just beginning to realize her full potential”.
Officials said a homicide has not been reported in Dover since 2020 and this was a very shocking incident.
