BOSTON — Authorities investigating the deaths of a husband and wife and their teenage daughter at a Dover home found a firearm close to the husband’s body in what the Norfolk District Attorney says appears to be a “deadly incident of domestic violence.”

DA Michael Morrissey has identified the deceased as Rakesh Kamal, 57, Teena Kamal, 54, and Arianna Kamal, 18, a student at Middlebury College in Vermont.

A family member who stopped by the home at 8 Wilson’s Way to check on the family found one of the victims and called Dover Police to request a response to the home at around 7:24 p.m. Thursday, authorities said.

The relative hadn’t heard from the family in a “day or two,” Morrissey told reporters during a press conference late Friday morning.

After arriving at the residence, police discovered all three Kamals dead. Officers secured the scene, and the State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Norfolk DA’s Office joined the investigation.

During a search of the home, Massachusetts State Police officers found a firearm near the husband, Morrissey said. The Medical Examiner’s Office is working to determine the manner of the death, with an autopsy occurring Friday, he added.

Morrissey declined to comment on whether this was a murder-suicide and where the bodies were found in the home.

“It is clear that this is a confined situation to this individual dwelling,” Morrissey said, “and there’s no threat to the residents of the town.”

The home is a 19,355-square-foot mansion with 11 bedrooms and 13 bathrooms and was last assessed at a value of nearly $6.8 million for both property and land, according to state records.

Rakesh and Teena Kamal purchased the home in February 2019, according to a loan document filed with the state.

By last December, the Kamals were underwater. The lender foreclosed on the mortgage, which had been last modified in February 2021. In September 2022, Teena Kamala filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in federal court, records show. The bankruptcy case was dismissed two months later due to incomplete documentation and a lack of response from Teena Kamala to an order, records show.

The couple’s previous address was 22 Roberts Road in Marlboro, where they lived when they founded their company EduNova Inc.

According to state corporation records, the Kamals filed articles of organization for EduNova Inc. on Aug. 3, 2016, with their Marlboro home as the place of business. Rakesh and Teena Kamal were listed as every officer of the organization. Rakesh Kamal was president, while Teena Kamal was CEO.

The Kamals dissolved the business on the last day of 2021. The business’ website now exists solely in the form of its raw server directory, with each folder last modified over the few days leading up to the official end.

A review of cached versions of the website states that EduNova’s mission was “Dedicated to helping students learn how to study, get better grades and achieve their potential, EduNova has one mission: to help students do their best.”

The chief product was the MCS3 package, an acronym for “The Most Complete Student Success System,” priced at $129.97. The package included books with “570 proven learning techniques,” a workbook, “Mind Map” posters, a CD with exercises and additional CDs with digitized versions of the rest of the resources.

The pair was an accomplished one. While both of their LinkedIn profiles had been deleted prior to their deaths, the EduNova website listed impressive accomplishments.

Rakesh Kamal’s bio stated he was an alumnus of Boston University, MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and Stanford University. Before EduNova, he purportedly “held many executive positions in the education-consulting field” and held 3 U.S. patents, with five more pending at this writing.

Teena Kamal was no less industrious. She wrote that she graduated magna cum laude from Delhi University in India and also graduated from Harvard. She also served on the Red Cross of Massachusetts’ board of directors and was the vice chair of the current year’s iteration of the organization’s Tiffany Circle Society of Women Leaders.

“The American Red Cross is deeply saddened by the tragedy in Dover,” the organization wrote in a statement sent to the Herald. “Our hearts go out to their loved ones during this devastating time.”

Their daughter Arianna had just graduated from Milton Academy in the spring and was in her freshman year at Middlebury College, where she was majoring in neuroscience, according to her LinkedIn profile, which shows a picture of her playing the guitar.

While at Milton Academy, Arianna served as a writing tutor, blood drive coordinator, and a mentor for classmates of color, her profile shows. She also tutored elementary-age students at Immigrant Family Services Institute in Mattapan and interned at Mass General Brigham.

Milton Academy, in a statement, said it’s “heartbroken to learn of the death of Arianna.” Counseling and grief support are being made available to students, parents and faculty who are in need, the school added.

“Aria was a sweet, smart, kind young woman who was just beginning to realize her full potential,” the school wrote.

Dover and Massachusetts State Police officers, along with other specialized units, processed the crime scene throughout much of the night, according to the DA.

Morrissey is urging those who feel “unsafe” in their relationships to call Massachusetts SafeLink, a statewide 24/7 toll-free domestic violence hotline and resource for anyone affected by domestic or dating violence.

The number is 877-785-2020.

“I hate to see it at any time. I think some of the tensions that people feel in relationships often come out around the holidays which is why we try to get the message out … but we see it at all times of the year. It’s unfortunate.”

The last homicide in Dover happened in 2020, Morrissey said. In that incident, Ingolf Tuerk, 58, who had previously practiced urology at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Brighton, was charged with murdering his 45-year-old wife Kathleen McLean.

“It’s very rare to have this kind of violence or situation in almost any community of Norfolk County but particularly in Dover,” Morrissey said. “It’s a small, well-run, well-policed community, but like everybody else, there are problems out there that can affect no matter where you live.

“A lot of the time, the violence that we see in Norfolk County are people related to each other, unfortunately,” he added.

Dover Police blocked off access to Wilson’s Way, close to Dedham Country Club, to the media in the afternoon, with an officer saying the road is a private way.

Earlier, neighborhood resident Sadie Hyde talked to reporters about the tragedy.

“It wasn’t expected, it’s a quiet neighborhood,” she said. “I just feel bad for the family … especially around the holidays.”

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