Man griped about custody before he, his daughters, and their mother were found stabbed to death: Report

A Florida realtor who was well-known successful her assemblage was recovered dormant alongside her 2 young daughters and their father.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office announced connected Wednesday that the slayings of 46-year-old Melanie Hyer, 42-year-old Ryan Whiten, and their daughters, 11-year-old Savannah Whiten and 8-year-old Sienna Whiten were being investigated arsenic a murder-suicide. According to reporting by section NBC affiliate WTVJ, constabulary said each 4 household members had been recovered stabbed to decease successful Hyer's location successful a gated assemblage successful Doral, Florida, connected Tuesday night.

Police said they responded to a telephone for a payment cheque by a friend.

WTVJ reported that Hyer and Whiten were co-parenting their 2 daughters. The erstwhile romanticist partners had some joined and divorced different radical aft their narration ended. While they were not surviving together, Whiten's past known code was reportedly successful the aforesaid gated assemblage wherever Hyer lived, and wherever the full household was recovered dead.

According to their respective Facebook pages, some Hyer and Whiten were progressive successful existent estate, and WTVJ often featured Hyer connected its broadcasts. The station's investigative writer Willard Shepard said helium knew Hyer good and had spoken to her astir a period earlier her death. He said determination was "no motion oregon immoderate denotation of thing similar this."

Police did not supply details astir who committed the murders earlier taking their ain life. Doral Mayor Christy Fraga, who reportedly knew Hyer personally, posted connected Instagram astir the "unimaginable tragedy" that took "the lives of a parent and her 2 young daughters."

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Local Fox and ABC affiliate WSVN spoke to Whiten's ex-wife, who did not privation to beryllium identified. She and Whiten divorced successful 2024, and she told WSVN that the erstwhile partners' existent narration was tumultuous and strained by custody fights implicit their daughters. Whiten's ex-wife told WSVN that helium was reportedly disquieted that Hyer would effort to instrumentality his daughters distant from him.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Homicide Bureau is continuing to analyse the deaths and said it was waiting for results from the aesculapian examiner.