A man of Cuban origin, resident in the city of Hialeah, would have ended the life of his entire family this weekend in an apartment building located at 17400 NW 68th Ave, northwest of Miami-Dade County, this before of committing suicide with the same firearm used for the homicides.
According to the media NBC Miamithe subject was identified as Víctor Penalba, 60 years old, who would have ended the lives of his 18-year-old son Jason, his daughter Stephanie, 13, and his wife Yumara Martínez, 58.
According to the Miami-Dade Police Department, its officers received reports from friends reporting that they had not had contact with the family in several days, so a group of officers went to the site to conduct a welfare check.
Upon arriving at the apartment, the officers noticed a strong stench emanating from inside, so they opened the place and discovered all the bodies inside.
A preliminary investigation suggests that Penalba murdered his wife, son and daughter while they slept, before ending his own life. All the bodies had apparent gunshot wounds.
Juan Rodríguez, Yumara’s brother, indicated that it was possible that the family had been dead for weeks before being found, and that, before that, the parents had spent time apart.
He described Penalba as a jealous and possessive person, so he was disappointed when he found out that his sister had returned to him.
“I know that my sister broke up with him from time to time, and she found this apartment, she lived with the two children here. “I guess he was unlucky and lost his job at the Hialeah water department and he cried to her, and she gave him the opportunity to come live with her and help her pay the bills, and she paid a high price,” he said. man to the aforementioned media.
At the moment, the exact reason why Penalba, whose social networks claim to be from Havana, ended the life of his family is unknown, but county authorities have begun an investigation.
Relatives and friends of the deceased took to Facebook to say goodbye to them, noting that their death had been an unpleasant surprise for them. Likewise, they described them as good people, who would never have hurt anyone.
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