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Carlos Negron, 39, Orlando, shown here, shot and killed both his estranged wife, Lara Negron, 41, and her father, Philip Spinney, 73, in the father's Stone Island home early Monday before fatally turning the gun on himself, according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. The couple's 11-year-old daughter saw the bloodshed unfold in front of her, but was not harmed. Here is a link from WFTV Channel 9 of 911 calls made by ferantic neighbors: http://www.wftv.com/video/25952041/

DELTONA  -- In what was a horrific death scene, An Orlando man shot and killed his estranged wife and her father in the the father's Sunset Road in Stone Island just south of Deltona before turning the gun on himself Monday morning. The unanswered is why an apparent marriage break-up could end so violently, especially with the couple's daughter in the home who saw it all

That is something Sheriff's investigators and family and friends of the victims in this double-murder suicide may never get an answer to beyond the certainly of homicidal rage.

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Mary Doretich Mitchell, 76, missing since leaving her Bouchelle Island home Friday in her car and the subject of a missing person's report and silver alert, has been found alive under unusual circumstances.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Missing for nearly four days, 76-year-old Mary Doretich Mitchell of Bouchelle Island was found alive Tuesday afternoon, in of all places, the trunk of her car in the parking lot of Bert Fish Medical Center, New Smyrna Beach police confirmed.

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The New Smyrna Beach High School fight song resonated throughout the City Commission chambers Tuesday night as band members paid tribute to the city police department and city officials for their efforts in purchasing new band uniforms this year.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH – The city police department usually doesn’t like to be in the limelight, being made up of civil servants and all, but Tuesday night the spotlight was on them and in particular,  Police Chief Ron Pagano.

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Carlos Negron, 39, Orlando, shown here, turned his estranged wife's father's Stone Island home into a literal bloodbath early Monday. A day later, Volusia County Sheriff's investigators had no answers as to what caused him to shoot to death Lara Negron, 41, and her 73-year-old father, Philip Spinney. The Negrons' 11-year-old daughter witnessed the carnage and ran into the street for help after it was over.

DELTONA -- As expected, autopsies performed on 39-year-old Carlos Negron of Orlando who shot and killed his estranged wife and her father before turning the gun on himself in the father's Stone Island home early Monday, was ruled a double-murder suicide by the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office.

Lara Negron, 41, and her father, Philip Spinney, 73, died as a result of gunshot wounds.

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South Daytona Fire Chief Tad Derr expands his emergency services experience with two new appointments.

SOUTH DAYTONA -- On January 1, South Daytona Fire Chief Tad Derr will assume the role of president of the Volusia County Fire Chiefs’ Association. In addition, he was recently appointed vice chair of Daytona State College Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board.

South Daytona Fire Chief Tad Derr named president-elect of Volusia Fire Chiefs Association

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New Smyrna Beach's finest, led by Police Chief Ron Pagano, are gearing up for their big move to the new police headquarters. Check out our exclusive video coverage of an open house held there. 

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH –  Police Chief Ron Pagano has good reason to smile these days.

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(Photo by Dale Smith). Adele Aletti, owner of Gone Bonkers, 314 Flagler Ave., wraps festive garland around the handrails of her shop, as she readies for Light up Flagler on Friday and NSB Christmas Parade on Saturday.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH – When Adele Aletti made the decision to move to New Smyrna Beach in 1988 to open a store on Flagler Avenue, she said she thought she had gone bonkers.

“Really, I did,” she said Monday, remembering having second thoughts of “Oh, what have I done?”