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POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a “double murder” after which, they believe a mother killed her two children before herself Sunday afternoon. The sheriff’s office noted the incident occurred in the Waverly area of Lake Wales.
According to the sheriff’s office, the mother killed her 19-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son following a custody dispute with the boy’s father. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd will deliver an update regarding a double-murder suicide on Sunday. Judd will provide preliminary information on an apparent double murder of two children by their mother and her death by suicide that happened shortly after.
Judd is scheduled to give a news conference This evening, after 5 p.m. at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Southeast District Office near Lake Wales. The Polk County Sherriff’s Office has not released the Cause of Death in this tragedy.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
