Sydney father in affair with Philippines teen before killing family

Fernando Manrique was in a "serious relationship" with a 17-year-old woman in the Philippines before he and his wife and two children died in an apparent murder-suicide, an inquest has heard

A Sydney father was in financial strife and having an affair with a teenager in the Philippines when he killed himself and his family, an inquest has been told.

Fernando Manrique, 44 and his wife Maria Lutz, 43, were about to divorce when they were found dead along with their children Elisa, 11, and Martin, 10, and the family dog Tequila, in their northern Sydney home in October 2016.

They all died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

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