Man and Woman Die in Suspected Murder-Suicide, 3 Kids Found in Home: Police

A man and a woman have been found dead following an apparent murder-suicide at a Florida home, according to police.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office (VCSO) said officers were alerted to reports of a stabbing at 2742 Gramercy Drive at about 6:17 p.m. on Monday.

When officers arrived they found two people dead inside the home.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five homicide victims is killed by an intimate partner.

More than half of female homicide victims in the U.S. are killed by a current or former male intimate partner.

A VCSO spokesperson said in a Monday news release: "The information gathered at this early stage of the investigation suggests the man stabbed the woman and then himself.

"She was pronounced deceased on the scene while the male subject was pronounced deceased at the hospital about an hour later. Three children at the house were not injured."

The statement continued: "The sheriff's office investigation is active and ongoing and we just ask for your patience while detectives continue their work.

"On behalf of Sheriff [Michael] Chitwood and the entire agency, the surviving children have our thoughts, prayers and commitment to provide a thorough investigation and access to all the resources they will need."

Police did not share further details about the identities of the deceased or what happened to the three children.

Newsweek has contacted VCSO for comment.

Earlier this week, a man was charged after allegedly choking his wife to death and fatally stabbing his 12-year-old daughter.

Peter Nash, 46, was apprehended in Suffolk, in England, after the bodies of his wife and their daughter were found dead at their home on September 8.

Nash, of Great Waldingfield, has now been charged with two counts of murder over the deaths of his wife Jillu, 43, and daughter Louise.

When Nash was arrested, police found he had serious injuries. He subsequently spent more than a month in hospital.

In August, a wife confessed to police that she drowned her husband in a Texas creek.

The Denton Police Department and Denton firefighters were dispatched to a reported drowning in the 1700 block of Spencer road.

Police arrested Dora Alvarez Maldonado, 44, on suspicion of murder following an investigation.

She reportedly initially told police that an unknown male was involved in the drowning of her husband. However, she later changed her story and told investigators that she had drowned her husband herself.