# Wife of Ivy League dad who threw 2 kids off parking garage defends him as ‘wonderful’ but depressed

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/wife-of-ivy-league-dad-who-threw-2-kids-off-parking-garage-defends-him-as-wonderful-but-depressed/
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:20:56+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T18:39:56+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/05/us-news/wife-of-ivy-league-dad-who-threw-2-kids-off-parking-garage-defends-him-as-wonderful-but-depressed/
- Topics: Health, Mental Health, World

## Key points

- A father and his two young children were found dead in Mt. Lebanon.
- His wife said he had become depressed after losing his job.
- A fundraiser for the family had passed $170,000.

## Summary

A Pennsylvania mother described her husband as a “wonderful dad” in a now-deleted social media post, while saying he had become depressed after losing his job. The post said he had agreed to seek therapy, with his first appointment scheduled for the day after he and their two children were found dead.

Patrick Lynch, 42, and his children, James, 8, and Caroline, 6, were found near a five-storey parking garage in Mt. Lebanon on Tuesday. Officials said the deaths were not accidental; the children’s deaths were ruled homicides, while police have not publicly identified a motive. Lynch had worked as a data scientist until August, and a fundraiser for his family had raised more than $170,000 towards a $200,000 goal by Thursday morning.

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