Port St. Lucie police are investigating what detectives believe was an apparent murder-suicide involving a married couple found dead Sunday evening inside their home.<\/p>\n
Officers responded around 5:30 p.m. May 11 to the 2700 block of Southwest Esenada Terrace after receiving reports of gunshot victims, according to the Port St. Lucie Police Department.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they found two people inside the residence suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Police identified the deceased as 31-year-old Jimsley Estime and 30-year-old Ketsy Alexis.<\/p>\n
Investigators said evidence gathered so far suggests the shooting appears to be an isolated murder-suicide, though the investigation remains active and ongoing. A firearm was recovered at the scene.<\/p>\n
Detectives learned Estime and Alexis had been married for about seven years and were living together while reportedly going through a divorce. The couple shared three minor children.<\/p>\n
According to police, two children, ages 1 and 2, were inside the home during the incident. A third child, age 6, returned home from school, found the younger children upset inside the residence and then discovered both parents dead in the kitchen area. The child contacted a family member, who then called 911.<\/p>\n
Preliminary findings indicate the divorce proceedings may have stemmed from allegations of infidelity involving Estime and another individual outside the county, investigators said.<\/p>\n
Police also said the couple had prior documented domestic-related incidents. That included a previous Port St. Lucie police investigation involving alleged written threats to kill. Authorities said a warrant was issued for Estime, who was arrested Jan. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n
According to investigators, Alexis later submitted a non-prosecution affidavit on Feb. 5 requesting the charges against Estime be dismissed and stating she did not wish to testify or pursue prosecution.<\/p>\n
Police said no additional details would be released because of the sensitive nature of the investigation.<\/p>\n
Anyone experiencing domestic violence or seeking assistance can 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 police are investigating what detectives believe was an apparent murder-suicide involving a married couple found…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-270579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","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\/270579","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=270579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}