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Roland99

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 07:55 PM Apr 2020

Murder-suicide in central FL. My brother-in-law worked with him [View all]

He’d apparently recently purchased a gun and suspected his wife was having an affair

My brother-in-law said that topic had never come up and he’d even brought his kids into work before. Seemed a nice guy

Police: Central Florida man fatally shoots wife, 2 sons and self
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-haines-city-family-killed-murder-suicide-20200407-2hbuabi3sjchli5gfujjznf6ha-story.html

There was no evidence of a struggle. Haines City is southwest of Orlando.

Mark Joseph, 43, had called 911 and told dispatchers that he had shot his wife and children, police said. He then told the dispatcher that he intended to shoot himself and that the door would be unlocked.

Responding officers and deputies said they Marie Joseph, 43, lying on a couch with her husband in a nearby chair. Darren Joseph, 18, and Markus Joseph, 14, were found in their respective beds.

All four had gunshot wounds to the head, investigators said. Marie Joseph had also been shot in the shoulder.
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