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VIDEO: More details released in Eustis stabbing

Eustis, Inside Scoop | By Marilyn M. Aciego | February 3, 2026 | Eustis, Ferran Park, Florida, Lake County, Stabbing | 1 minute of reading

EUSTIS, Fla.— Eustis Police Department is still searching for an individual it is calling a “person of interest” in a stabbing in downtown Eustis Tuesday.

Around 1 p.m., the unnamed victim was stabbed multiple times at Ferran Park and the suspect fled on foot, police said.

Late Tuesday afternoon, EPD released video and additional photos seeking the public’s help identifying the “person of interest.” Police said the individual is considered armed and dangerous and warned residents not to approach.

If you have information on the incident or the identity of the person of interest, call EPD at 352-483-5400, or email the Criminal Investigations Division at CID@Eustis.org.

Eustis police searching for person of interest in alleged stabbing at Ferran Park

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Marilyn M. Aciego

Publisher Marilyn M. Aciego was born and raised in Lake County and is a graduate of Umatilla High School and Lake-Sumter State College. She began her journalism career at LSSC and in 2023 she was honored with LSSC’s Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement Award. She began working at the Daily Commercial while she was in college and continued her career there as a reporter after she graduated. In her 20+ year-career, she covered many of the area’s top stories including the disappearance of Trenton Duckett and the death of beloved Sheriff Chris Daniels. She has landed many exclusive interviews and was the first to break two of the biggest stories of 2024- the death of Jamaria Sessions and the murder of a Lake County Sheriff's Office deputy and the attempted murder of two other deputies. In addition to Inside Lake, Marilyn is the single mom of a teenaged son and the Florida Bureau Chief for an international media organization.

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