--- title: California Couple Found Dead Next to Chilling Note description: Police are still searching for answers as they investigate the killing of a California couple found dead in their San Jose home on Sunday canonical: https://time.com/4308851/san-jose-california-couple-killing-investigation/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-27T01:12:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:03:42.566Z article:section: U.S. og:title: California Couple Found Dead Next to Chilling Note og:description: Relatives reported a note that read, "Sorry, my first kill was clumsy" og:url: https://time.com/4308851/san-jose-california-couple-killing-investigation/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: California Couple Found Dead Next to Chilling Note twitter:description: Relatives reported a note that read, "Sorry, my first kill was clumsy" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # California Couple Found Dead Next to Chilling Note  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 27, 2016 1:12 AM CUT  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Apr 27, 2016 1:12 AM CUT Police are still searching for answers as they investigate the [killing of a married California couple](http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci%5F29816940/san-jose-police-believe-evergreen-couple-was-slain?source=infinite-up "undefined") found dead in their San Jose home on Sunday, next to a message that read, “Sorry, my first kill was clumsy.” Investigators said Tuesday that the suspect is someone familiar to the family and they do not believe the killings were random, the[ San Jose _Mercury News_](http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci%5F29816940/san-jose-police-believe-evergreen-couple-was-slain?source=infinite-up "undefined") reported. Relatives reported the note, according to the paper. Golam Rabbi, 59, and Shamima Rabbi, 57, were found dead on Sunday by relatives who had been unable to reach them for several days, according to the _Mercury News_. The Rabbis, who were both shot, worship at a local Islamic center, but police said they don’t believe the couple was targeted because of religion. “Based on the information we have at this time, we do not believe this incident is a hate crime or that the public is in any immediate danger as a result of the suspect’s actions,” police said, according to the newspaper. The couple has two sons who live at home. The 17-year-old son has been interviewed by investigators and is not a suspect in the case, but police have not been able to reach the older son, the _Mercury News_ reported. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4308851/san-jose-california-couple-killing-investigation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4308851/san-jose-california-couple-killing-investigation/"},"headline":"California Couple Found Dead Next to Chilling Note","datePublished":"2016-04-27T01:12:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:03:42.566Z","description":"Relatives reported a note that read, \"Sorry, my first kill was clumsy\"","url":"https://time.com/4308851/san-jose-california-couple-killing-investigation/","keywords":["California","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4308851/san-jose-california-couple-killing-investigation/","name":"California Couple Found Dead Next to Chilling Note"}}]}] ```