Wife kills herself and children after man fakes death

Police in Loudi, Hunan province, detained a man on Friday who faked his death in an accident in order to get an insurance payout, resulting in his wife's suicide and the deaths of their two children.

The 34-year-old man, surnamed He, from Loudi's Xinhua county, disappeared on Sept 7 while driving a borrowed car. Police found the vehicle in the Zijiang River on Sept 19 but did not find He's body.

On Wednesday, his 31-year-old wife, surnamed Dai, drowned herself along with their 4-year-old son and 3-year-old daughter after posting a suicide note on social media.