4 people found dead in Kendale Lakes home in apparent murder-suicide, police say
MIAMI - Four people were found dead Sunday afternoon in a Kendale Lakes home in an apparent murder-suicide, according to Miami-Dade police.
"I'm stunned because I've been living here for 25 years and nothing like this has ever happened," said one neighbor.
According to police, they received a call requesting a welfare check at the home at SW 138th Ave and SW 45 Terrace shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday.
When police went inside, they found the bodies of two women and a man. All had been shot.
As officers searched the residence, they discovered another man with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and a gun lying near him.
"At this time, we believe that it is domestic-related in nature," said Detective Angel Rodriguez.
Investigators say an elderly couple in their 80s lived there, one of them was on hospice care, as well as a man in his 60s and another woman.
Police tell us they believe the man in his 60s shot and killed the others before turning the gun on himself.
"After waiting over an hour for the police to come, we went in, he went in first, I went after him. I saw the elderly lady's body on the bed to the right, the elderly man's body on the other bed to the left, the wife in the other room with her head facing up," said Johanna Cruz, a friend of the couple who went into the home with her mother after the elderly couple's son arrived.
"I'm numb about it. I know my mother is very affected, she started getting very shakey, I had to lift her up because it's a dear friend of hers," she added.
Neighbors said the elderly couple were quiet and had lived there for years.
One woman told us they lived there with their adult son and his wife, and that the elderly woman recently had a stroke, and nurses were there every day to care for her.
"They were there last on Wednesday, and they said that she was very, you know, optimistic, she was talking, she was in good spirits. Meanwhile, her son, I heard was not in good spirits. They were just concerned about the son because he seemed to be not well emotionally," said another neighbor.
On Monday afternoon, police identified the victims as Jesus Regueira Jr., 62, Kerstyn Marie Stahre, 61, Mercedes Morato 84, and Jesus Regueira Sr., 83.