Funeral services have been set for a Lakeland grade school teacher with local ties who authorities say was the victim of a murder-suicide. ...more

August 25, 2008

Polk County sheriff's detectives are investigating the shooting deaths of Larry C. Rimmer, 40, and his 37-year-old wife, Heather L., in their home at 5802 Highridge Loop. ...more

August 23, 2008

Two people died in a murder-suicide in Inverness on Thursday night, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. ...more

February 8, 2008

Citrus County deputies found the bodies of a young man and woman at a home in Inverness this evening after responding to a call about a shooting. ...more

February 7, 2008

HAINES CITY Jeffrey Woodworth fatally shot his wife, Leona, Wednesday afternoon and then turned the gun on himself in their home at 52 Joel Massey Road, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

January 23, 2008

The two people found dead in Mulberry on Wednesday appear to be murder-suicide victims, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. ...more

January 17, 2008

Dear Abby: I am in an eight-year marriage that feels like a prison sentence. I have two children younger than 5 and a husband who is mentally and emotionally unstable and has severe addiction to prescription painkillers. If I divorce him, he will have joint custody of our children and, although I want them to know who their father is because they love him, I am terrified of what he might do to them as emotionally unstable as he is. I'm convinced he is capable of murder-suicide just to get at me. ...more

November 9, 2007

TAMPA – A missing couple has been found dead, the apparent victims of a murder-suicide. ...more

November 5, 2007

Roy and Anna Burgess were more like family than friends, neighbors said. ...more

September 30, 2007

TAMPA - Roy and Anna Burgess were more like family than friends, neighbors said. ...more

September 29, 2007