New Jersey dad calls relative to confess to killing wife and two kids before pointing gun at himself: cops

The New Jersey electrician who shot and killed his wife and two children on Sunday morning called a relative and confessed to his heinous crime before pointing the gun at himself, police said Monday.

Krzysztof Nieroda, 41, was found dead at the Linden family’s home around 9:30 a.m. with the murder weapon in his hand, authorities said.

Police also found the bodies of his beautician wife Justina, 41, and their two children, daughter Natalie, 13, and son Sebastian, 14, at the Chatham Place home, officials said.

Sebastian briefly survived the gunshot but died at University Hospital in Newark, police said.

Shortly after he pulled the trigger, Krzysztof called an unknown relative on the phone and told them what he had done, police said. He then shot himself once in the head.

A gruesome murder-suicide in a beige bungalow next to a park has left the neighbors reeling as the cops try to find a motive in the case. Residents described Nierod as welcoming and helpful people who made the city their home in 2007.

“They are a normal family. That’s why it’s unbelievable,” Angel Montañez, 56, told The Post. “Every long weekend they go camping with a trailer that they attach to their car. They recently renovated their kitchen and he invited me to show it to me.”

The Linden School District has invited grieving counselors for students and staff at the former children’s schools, McManus High School and School No. 10, Superintendent Rocco G. Tomasik said in a statement posted on the district’s website.

“Any student death affects all of us,” Tomasic wrote. “But we will never get so used to such losses that we will not be able to respond to them with sympathy, understanding and care. We will fully support each other during these difficult times. Let’s work together to achieve this goal.”

According to Tomazic, Natalie was in the seventh grade. Sebastian was eighth.

According to CBS New York, the children’s classmates placed candles and balloons outside the house Sunday night.

Neighbors said that his father worked as an electrician, and his wife kept a salon outside the house. According to local residents, the couple were friendly – they walked their dog around the neighborhood and chatted with acquaintances about their work, children or bills.

Krzysztof helped a neighbor fix the electricity; another spent time during a meeting with the hairdresser talking to Justina about the kids’ high school proms.

The Union County Attorney’s Office conducted an investigation with the City Police. But even the authorities seemed to be taken aback by this outrageous act.

“In tragedies of this magnitude, there are no words to heal, no explanation to help the public understand them,” Union County Attorney William Daniel said in a statement. “Our thoughts go out to the families and friends of these victims, and to the Linden community at large in the aftermath of this horrific event.”

Linden police chief David Hart pleaded with members of the public to seek psychiatric help if they were suffering.

“We are not alone in our grief; each of us has a shared responsibility to be there for our loved ones as we mourn the loss of our friends and neighbors,” Hart said.