PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 Police said a murder suicide occurred Monday in Port St. Lucie while two of the couple’s young children were inside the home at the time of the shooting, and a third child, who is 6 years old, returned home and found the parents’ bodies.<\/p>\n
Officers responded to the 2700 block of Southwest Esenada Terrace at about 5:30 p.m. for a report of gunshot victims.<\/p>\n
When they arrived, police found two bodies inside the home, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds, identified as Jimsley Estime, 31, and Ketsy Alexis, 30.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, detectives said they learned that the couple had been married about seven years and were reportedly in the process of a divorce. <\/p>\n
The couple shared three minor children. Two children, ages 1 and 2, were inside the residence at the time of the incident. <\/p>\n
Police said a third child, age 6, returned home from school, discovered the younger children upset inside the residence, and shortly thereafter located both parents dead in the kitchen area. <\/p>\n
The child then contacted a family member for assistance, who then called 911.<\/p>\n
A firearm was recovered at the scene as part of the investigation. Detectives continue to process evidence and conduct interviews.<\/p>\n
“Preliminary findings indicate the divorce proceedings may have stemmed from allegations of infidelity … and an individual residing outside of the county. Investigators also confirmed the couple had prior documented domestic-related incidents. This included a previous Port St. Lucie Police Department investigation involving alleged written threats to kill,” police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Police said as a result of that investigation, a warrant was issued for Estime, and he was arrested on Jan. 26.<\/p>\n
After that arrest, police said Alexis submitted a non-prosecution affidavit on Feb. 5, requesting that charges against her husband be dismissed and indicating she did not wish to testify or pursue prosecution.<\/p>\n
Anyone experiencing domestic violence or in need of assistance is encouraged to contact local law enforcement or the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 Police said a murder suicide occurred Monday in Port St. Lucie while two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109466,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[7860,171,173,172],"class_list":["post-268415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-murder-suicide","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268415","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=268415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}