A mother kills her two children and then takes her own life in Florida

A mother killed her two children, aged 9 months and 3 years, in her home in the town of Land O’Lakes, in the county of Pasco, on the west coast of Florida (EE.UU.), and then took his own life with a firearm, authorities reported Thursday.

In a press conference, the bailiff of Pasco, Chris Nocco, today asked the media and people on social networks to “respect and give time to the family” in their mourning after the “horrible decision, beyond horrible”, made by the mother.

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It was the father who, returning home on Wednesday afternoon, found the lifeless bodies of his two minor children and his wife, whose identities have not been disclosed.

The first lines of investigation suggest that the couple had “a couple of discussions” recently, which probably led the woman, “with probable mental problems”, to commit the crime.

Sheriff Nocco He made a reference to the worrying “mental health crisis” that the community is currently facing and the importance of speaking loud and clear about this very serious problem.

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80% of emergency service calls from law enforcement officers have some mental health component, the sheriff explained.

“Unfortunately, as we saw last night, too many of these tragedies only call the police. Police when a crisis has turned into a tragedy, and what happened last night was absolutely one”, he highlighted.

He underlined the importance of “breaking the stigma of talking about mental health, that it is a law enforcement problem”, and recognizing that there is “a crisis of mental health, of medical attention”.

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