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Florida deputies on vacation found dead in suspected murder-suicide

By Joshua Rhett Miller
January 31, 2022

A Florida sheriff’s deputy killed a fellow deputy he was in a relationship with before taking his own life on vacation with colleagues, authorities said.

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Detective Daniel Leyden and his romantic partner, a fellow deputy, were found dead late Saturday at a rental home in St. Augustine, department officials said in a statement.

The couple was “arguing in a bedroom” before gunshots were heard by other deputies who were vacationing with them, Sheriff Chad Chronister said.

Leyden, who worked in the agency’s Criminal Investigations Division, was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

He is believed to be the sole shooter.

The unnamed victim — a deputy who worked in a uniform patrol unit — was also found dead from a gunshot wound, police said.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/01/31/florida-deputies-found-dead-in-suspected-murder-suicide/

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