: Pokhilko was found with his throat slit while still holding a knife, while his wife and son had been bludgeoned and stabbed.
The incident occurred in the family's Palo Alto, California home. While the original investigation ruled the case a —concluding that Pokhilko killed his family before himself—lingering doubts led investigators to revisit the evidence decades later. The Tetris Murders
: Retired CSI investigator Sandra Brown, who led the original case, highlights anomalies like a complete lack of fingerprints on the murder weapon and burned documents found at the scene. : Pokhilko was found with his throat slit