Florida police believe the man stabbed the woman before turning the knife on himself.
A man and a woman have been found dead following an apparent murder-suicide at a Florida home, according to police.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) said officers were alerted to reports of a stabbing at 2742 Gramercy Drive at about 6:17 p.m. on Monday.
When officers arrived they found two people dead inside the home.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five homicide victims is killed by an intimate partner.
More than half of female homicide victims in the U.S. are killed by a current or former male intimate partner.
A VCSO spokesperson said in a Monday news release: « The information gathered at this early stage of the investigation suggests the man stabbed the woman and then himself.
