Lauren Ruiz, 20, grew up in the neighborhood. He went out to the scene to get closure and more information about what happened.<\/p>\n
“When I heard what happened I was shocked, panicked and somewhat confused,” he said. “I was hoping they were wrong. That kind of thing never happens here.”<\/p>\n
Orange County Commissioner Maribel Gomez Cordero came forward after hearing news of her son’s friends playing sand volleyball nearby, as well as calls from residents who thought there might be a shooter in freedom<\/p>\n
“It’s important for leaders to come out and start to understand that there is something going on with the mental health of the community … We don’t want this to happen again,” he said.<\/p>\n
Heather Collins, 46, lives nearby and said she knows the family moved in a couple of months ago.<\/p>\n
“I have this sickening sadness,” he said. “It’s a nightmare to end up like that, especially with the kids.”<\/p>\n
There have been several murder-suicides in Central Florida in recent months.<\/p>\n
In April, a family friend shot and killed two people before killing himself at an unincorporated home in Winter Park, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. The victims were identified as James Calhoun, 42, and Emma Cain, 49, and the killer as Shane Shearer, 48.<\/p>\n
In June, police say Carlos Manuel Soto shot and killed his wife, Zuleika Del Carmen L\u00f3pez Avila, their mother Mileida Carmen L\u00f3pez Avila and their 15-year-old son, V\u00edctor Araujo L\u00f3pez, before killing himself.<\/p>\n
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Zuleika L\u00f3pez Avila had called law enforcement six days earlier, expressing fear that her husband had a gun in their home. Officers went to the family’s apartment but said they found no evidence of physical violence and said she denied being threatened, so no action was taken.<\/p>\n
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An Animal Services officer removes a dog from a home at 9873 Lake District Lane in Orlando on Tuesday, August 2, 2022. A family of five (3 adults and 2 children) was found dead in the home after an apparent murder-suicide. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel) <\/span>(Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n Another suspected murder-suicide took place later that month at The Fountains Resort on International Drive, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said. The shooter and victim were not publicly identified at the time, and the agency described the death only as the result of a “domestic incident.”<\/p>\n Tuesday’s chilling discovery also brings to mind one of Central Florida’s most notorious recent homicide cases: the Todt family murders, in which Anthony Todt killed his wife and three children in Celebration.<\/p>\n Authorities found Todt living with the decomposing bodies of Megan Todt, 42, and the couple’s children, Alek, 13, Tyler, 11, and Zoe, 4, on Jan. 13 2020, while serving a federal health warrant for his arrest. welfare fraud charges related to his Connecticut physical therapy business.<\/p>\n Megan Todt and her three children had been dead for “at least a couple of weeks” before they were found, according to a medical examiner. Todt, who told jurors he tried to kill himself and failed in several ways, was convicted of first-degree murder in April.<\/p>\n arabines@orlandosentinel.com<\/p>\n Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Maribel Gomez Cordero. She is an Orange County Commissioner. <\/p>\n