Statement Issued On 'Beloved,' 'Cherished' Greenwich Student In Pound Ridge Murder-Suicide

POUND RIDGE, NY — Caroline Dym, an 18-year-old student set to begin her senior year at Sacred Heart Greenwich, was found dead Friday with her parents in a murder-suicide at their Pound Ridge home, and her school has issued a statement on her passing.

"We are all grieving Caroline’s untimely death and the unexplainable events that led to it," read the statement, in part, from Head of School Pamela Juan Hayes '64. "Please pray for Caroline and her family, and keep the Sacred Heart community in your prayers."

School officials, faculty, psychologists, clergy and others met with students Saturday morning "to console and offer them the comfort they need at this sad time." Counseling will be offered to all those who need it, according to the statement.

The circumstances surrounding the double murder and suicide are being investigated. The bodies were discovered by a maid and the family's home on Fox Hill Road had been listed for sale, reports the Connecticut Post.

According to New York State Police, NYSP and Pound Ridge police officers responded to the Dym home on just after 11 a.m.

"Officers arrived on scene and discovered three people deceased inside of the home," wrote NYSP in a statement. "A preliminary investigation indicated that 56-year-old Steven Dym of Pound Ridge, took the life of his 50-year-old wife Loretta Dym, their daughter, Caroline Dym, age 18, before taking his own life. The Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct autopsies to determine the cause of death of all three subjects."

The Dym's 20-year-old son was not home at the time, reports the Greenwich Free Press.

Caroline Dym was a member of the private King Street school's golf team, and shared in science honors with another classmate in a statewide competition, writes the Post. Her father was a real estate manager, and her mother was an executive with a business travel company.

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