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The New Hampshire mother who fatally shot her cancer-stricken husband and two young children before killing herself is accused of embezzling more than $600,000 from her employer.

Emily Long, 34, who served as director of operations for Wing-Itz, a local chicken wing chain with multiple locations across the state, allegedly began stealing the money in January 2023, restaurant owner Derek Fisher told Fox News Digital on Friday. 

Last week, Long carried out a murder-suicide on Aug. 18 inside her family’s home in Madbury, a small town in the Seacoast region northwest of Portsmouth, according to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office.

Her husband Ryan Long, 48, and two of their children – son Parker, 8, and daughter Ryan, 6 – were found dead with gunshot wounds. Her third child, a toddler, was found alive without any injuries. 

Emily Long fatally shot her husband and two children in a home in Madbury, New Hampshire, before killing herself on Aug. 18, 2025. (Google Maps)

He confronted Long and requested two months of her personal bank statements, which the bank later said had been manipulated, according to Seacoastonline. When Fisher asked her to accompany him to the bank, she allegedly refused, saying she would either resign or be fired, the outlet reported.

“I felt I had no other option other (than) to go to law enforcement,” Fisher said. “I trusted her. I deeply cared for her and her family. The end result is devastating.”