{"id":225930,"date":"2026-04-10T06:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225930\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:19:11","slug":"florida-mayors-ex-fiance-35-commits-suicide-on-his-birthday-months-after-he-allegedly-pummeled-the-72-year-old-pol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225930\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida mayor’s ex-fianc\u00e9, 35, commits suicide on his birthday — months after he allegedly pummeled the 72-year-old pol"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Florida mayor\u2019s half-his-age former fianc\u00e9 committed suicide Thursday morning \u2014 five months after he allegedly battered the pol <\/a>in a last-ditch effort to mend their broken relationship.<\/p>\n

Daniel Curran, 35, was found dead outside of an apartment complex in Fort Lauderdale, just after 9 a.m. Thursday, police told the Tampa Bay Times.<\/a> It marked the same day Curran turned 35 and came just a day after the jilted lovers appeared in court, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n

Curran had a short-lived engagement with Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, a Democrat, last year \u2013who expressed his \u201cprofound sorrow\u201d in a curt statement to the outlet.<\/p>\n

Daniel Curran, 35, (left) and Dean Trantalis, 72, broke off their short-lived engagement in the fall of 2025. Danny Curran\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Curran died by suicide on Thursday. Broward County Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a loving individual, and my sympathies go out to his family,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cPerhaps now, the pain he endured will subside. May he rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trantalis, 72, started dating Curran in March 2025 and by July the pair were engaged. But in September, he suddenly filed for a domestic violence injunction against Curran.<\/p>\n

The injunction was set to expire on Dec. 3, but Curran allegedly violated it and showed up at Trantalis\u2019 home on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n

The couple were engaged in July, just four months after they started dating. Danny Curran\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Curran was insistent on reconnecting and a brawl quickly broke out between the pair. Curran allegedly shoved the mayor, who tried to fight back before being dragged to the ground.<\/p>\n

The former flame allegedly hauled Trantalis 15 feet across the street \u2014 causing the mayor to suffer various injuries to his wrist, leg and knee.<\/p>\n

Curran was arrested four day later after he returned to Trantalis\u2019 home. He was charged with battery on a person 65 or older, contempt of court, and violating an injunction.<\/p>\n

Trantalis filed a domestic violence injunction against Curran in September. Danny Curran\/Instagram<\/p>\n

In court filings for the domestic violence injunction, Trantalis accused Curran of throwing things in an apparent fit of rage, brandishing knives and toppling furniture while trying to force the mayor out of his own home, in court filings for the domestic violence .<\/p>\n

Trantalis testified that he originally thought \u201cthere was some way to rehabilitate\u201d his decades-younger boyfriend \u201cby trying to reconnect,\u201d but gave up all hope after the purported assault, according to court papers.<\/p>\n

Trantalis said that he hopes \u201cthe pain [Curran] endured will subside\u201d in death. Danny Curran\/Instagram<\/p>\n

He also noted that he tried his best to \u201csteer [Curran] into counseling and mental health treatment\u201d even after their chaotic separation, court papers said.<\/p>\n

A judge granted Trantalis\u2019 request for a no-contact order against Curran. <\/p>\n

When Curran posted his $6,000 bond two days after his arrest, he bolted out of jail and doubled down on his ruined relationship, insisting, \u201cNo matter what. I always have and will love him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pair appeared in civil court on Wednesday, where Trantalis claimed that Curran was no longer a threat. The judge allowed the no-contact order to be remedied to allow for select interactions, as reported by Local10.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Florida mayor\u2019s half-his-age former fianc\u00e9 committed suicide Thursday morning \u2014 five months after he allegedly battered the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5686,101884,28,30,29,21132,7489,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-225930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-battery","9":"tag-breakups","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-headlines","12":"tag-florida-news","13":"tag-gay","14":"tag-suicide","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}