Hillsborough Deputies Investigate Valrico Murder-Suicide as Sheriff Urges Mental Health Support

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a murder-suicide that occurred in a Valrico neighborhood last week. According to WFLA, deputies received a call around 9:22 a.m. on last Thursday from a man claiming that he “did something bad.”

When deputies arrived at the home on Crystal Carbon Way, they attempted to make contact but received no response. A follow-up call from the victim’s employer, citing several days of unexplained absence, prompted deputies to conduct a welfare check, according to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office release. Inside the residence, they found two bodies: the victim, who appeared to have blunt force trauma to the upper body, and the suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A firearm was located next to the suspect…

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