Five-year-old twins were found dead in their bunk beds after their mother jumped from a Florida bridge in an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call around 8:45 a.m. Friday from a motorist who reported that a woman had stopped her silver car on the SR 417 bridge and had slid out the side window. of the passenger of the car and jumped into Lake Jesup, Sheriff. Dennis M. Lemma told reporters.
When officers arrived, they saw the woman in the water. They recruited two fishermen, one of whom was a retired Seminole County firefighter, to help recover her body.
The woman, identified as Catorreia Hutto, 31, of Sanford, was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff’s office said.
The incident prompted a welfare check at her home after authorities learned she was the mother of 5-year-old twins.
Inside the home, police found the boy and girl, Ahmad and Ava Jackson, dead in their beds. Both children had special needs, according to police.
Police said the woman slid out the passenger side window and jumped into the lake. Click Orlando Police searched her mother’s home and found the deceased twins inside. Click Orlando
A gun was found in the bedroom, but the children had no gunshot wounds or signs of blunt force trauma to their bodies, Lemma said.
The cause of death will be determined by the medical examiner’s office.
“If (deputies) didn’t check vital signs, they wouldn’t know they were deceased,” the sheriff said.
Hutto had no criminal record and there were no calls to his current home, which was a Habitat for Humanity project completed about a year ago. According to Lemma, the house had little food and furniture inside.
The local medical examiner will determine the twins’ cause of death. Click Orlando
He worked at a temp agency, however, it is unclear if he was having financial difficulties, the sheriff said. Hutto had been working just a few days ago.
The twins last attended school on Oct. 13, Lemma said.
Hutto had attempted to contact his mother, who lives in Perry but was in Orlando for a medical procedure, on Thursday night.
Their mother told police she missed the call and assumed one of the twins was playing with the phone since Hutto didn’t leave a message.
Investigators believe the children’s father lives in South Florida.
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