3 Elderly Victims Die in Two Murder-Suicides in Sarasota County

SARASOTA & VENICE, FL-- Sarasota police are investigating what appears to be the murder-suicide of an elderly couple, a man and a woman. Their bodies were found in the 1200 block of 32nd Street Tuesday.

Meantime in another case from Sarasota County, A 94-year-old Venice man is facing a murder charge, after police say he shot his 80-year-old wife to death.

Police say Wayne Juhlin called 911 from his home at 6000 Aston Gardens Drive Monday evening. They found the victim dead from a gunshot wound.

Detectives say Juhlin told them she suffered from dementia, and that he planned to turn the gun on himself after shooting his wife. The gun malfunctioned. Then he called for help.

Juhlin is in jail charged with first-degree murder.

Photo Credit: Venice Police Dept.


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