New Hampshire TikTok ‘brain cancer mom’ who killed herself and most of her family hid other dark secrets, her employers allege

Emily Long, the New Hampshire mom who killed herself, her husband, and three of her four children after posting TikToks about her struggle with her husband’s brain cancer diagnosis, embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars, her employer, Wing-Itz, a chicken wing restaurant company with several locations in New Hampshire, has alleged.

According to Boston news outlet WCVB, Wing-Itz Hampton, New Hampshire, location owner Derek Fisher said, “We noticed there were a lot of handwritten checks being deposited into her bank account. What we came up with, it started in January 2023, and until July of this year, there was over $660,000 taken.” Fisher also told police that Long, who was operations manager with he company, provided him with “doctored and manipulated” bank statements when he confronted her.

Fisher says he was aware of Long’s husband’s terminal brain cancer diagnosis when he approached Long about the missing money, and even allowed her extra time to explain what happened. “Given her circumstances with her husband, I was trying to be considerate and patient,” he said.

The Long case

On August 18, 2025, Long, aged 34, fatally shot her husband, Ryan Long, 48, and their two children, Parker and Ryan, ages 8 and 6, before taking her own life. The couple’s youngest child, a toddler, age 2, was found alive and unharmed. The surviving child is now in the care of relatives, and investigations into the circumstances surrounding the tragedy are ongoing.

Fisher reportedly filed a complaint about the missing money with the Hampton Police Department on August 11, 2025, one week before the murder-suicide.

In the months leading up to the tragedy, Long was active on TikTok, where she shared her experiences and emotions. She documented her husband’s battle with terminal glioblastoma, the challenges of caregiving, and her own mental health struggles. In her final video, posted two days before the incident, she expressed feelings of being “in a rut” and mentioned that her children were showing signs of distress.

Whether any stolen Wing-Itz money is left, Fisher said, “Anything that’s left should go to that child; he deserves all of it. It’s not fair to him; he didn’t make this happen, and he didn’t deserve this.”