Hundreds of mourners filled a Liberty Station chapel Monday morning for a memorial service for a family of three found dead in their Lake Murray home earlier this month. Investigators said it was an apparent double murder-suicide.
From left, Amy Voight, with husband, David Voight, and daughter, Mya. (Family photo)
David Voight, 56, was a retired Navy bomb disposal expert who’d earned a bronze star for his 2009 service alongside a SEAL team in Afghanistan. Amy Voight, 52, was a digital forensic examiner with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and Mya was an eighth-grade student at Pershing Middle School.
Monday’s memorial was filled with stories, several tears and a moment or two of laughter. The service honored all three family members and included a touch of teal, said to be Mya’s favorite color.
The trio had been a fun family, and they loved the ocean, Amy Voight’s older sister said. She described Amy as “truly a force of nature.” Some spoke of Mya as sweet and kind; one friend called her “just the brightest soul.”
The family was found fatally shot Sept. 16, the morning after a neighbor heard loud bangs. San Diego police suspect David Voight killed his wife and daughter and turned the gun on himself.
Relatives say Amy Voight had taken her husband to a Veterans Affairs site Sept. 15 in hopes he could receive mental health treatment, but he was not able to be seen. A VA spokesperson disputed the claims as inaccurate but could not comment further, citing confidentiality rules.