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A mother murdered her two children and then herself inside their home in an upscale gated community where Mick Jagger once lived, investigators believe.
The 44-year-old killed her 14-year-old son first, then her 11-year-old girl, before taking her own life at the mansion in The Lake Club in Lakewood Ranch, just outside Sarasota in Florida, on Thursday night, police said.
Manatee County Sheriff’s Office declined to identify the victims or offer further details on how the mother killed her children.
The Lake Club is filled with multimillion-dollar mansions – one of which Jagger bought in 2020 and sold for $3.25 million in 2023.
Police were called to the mansion by the woman’s husband who said he hadn’t heard from his family while in South America for business.
Cops did a welfare check about 8.30pm and caught a glimpse of the bloodbath through one of the mansion’s windows.
A mother murdered her two children and then herself inside their home in a gated community of The Lake Club (clubhouse pictured) in Lakewood Ranch, just outside Sarasota in Florida
The Lake Club is filled with multimillion-dollar mansions – one of which rockstar Mick Jagger owned with his fiancée Melanie Hamrick (pictured together) in 2020 to 2023
The family moved in from Missouri about three years ago and there was no history of police calls to the house.
Investigators said the mother ‘knew what she was doing’ and the evidence showed the murder-suicide was planned.
Forensics were at the house investigating and the medical examiner will determine the cause of death.
Police refused to reveal how the trio were killed but said it was a ‘violent scene’.
‘This is a horrible thing for the deputies to have to witness. Even worse, for the father and the husband who was on his way back from South America,’ they said.
‘He flew in this morning and had to be notified of what happened here. It’s an incredible emotional day for him. It’s not a good scene at all.’
The Lake Club at Lakewood Ranch said it had no information to add.
