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LONGWOOD, Florida—A longtime Mount Dora orthodontist apparrently killed his ex-wife and then himself in Seminole County earlier this month, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO.) Around 4 p.m. Jan. 11, SCSO responded to the 2400 block of Jennifer Hope Boulevard in Jennifer Estates in unincorporated Longwood on a report of a shooting, Public Information Officer Bob Kealing said in a press release. When deputies arrived, they found Sandra Herman, 79, injured in the front yard; she was taken to a local hospital where she died from her injuries. Witnesses told SCSO Herman was shot by an elderly man,

MOUNT DORA, Florida—A “major investigation update” in the deaths of a Mount Dora couple is scheduled for mid-Tuesday afternoon, according to City of Mount Dora Spokesperson Vershurn Ford.   Mount Dora Police Department released little new information Monday, though they told reporters and the public, the names of the victims would be released late Monday after a meeting with the victims’ family. They were not released. Inside Lake has known the couple’s identity since Saturday night, but will not publish the couple’s names until they are officially released. Mount Dora officials held a townhall meeting late Monday morning to reassure

MOUNT DORA, Florida—The man and woman found dead in their Waterman Village apartment New Year’s Eve were a married couple in their 80s and the incident is a homicide investigation, Mount Dora Police Interim Chief Michael Gibson said at a news conference Sunday afternoon. The man, 83, and woman, 80, were found shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday when MDPD responded to a 9-1-1 call from security personnel regarding a “suspicious incident” at 161 Lake Margaret Circle, located inside Waterman Village, a senior living community, Gibson said. “The circumstances surrounding their deaths is suspicious in nature,” Gibson told reporters. “But let

MOUNT DORA, Florida—Mount Dora Police Department is investigating the deaths of a man and woman who were found dead around 4 p.m. New Year’s Eve in an apartment at Waterman Village, according to City of Mount Dora Public Information Officer Vershurn Ford. MDPD responded to a report of “potential suspicious activity” at Waterman Village, 150 Waterman Avenue, Mount Dora and found the man and woman dead at the scene. Their identities are not being released at this time. The area was secured as a crime scene and detectives responded to begin their investigation, Ford said. Lake County Sheriff’s Office CSI

MOUNT DORA, Florida—A man caught by an assistant principal and on video stealing a Mount Dora High School student’s electric bicycle Thursday morning was found by Mount Dora Police officers less than 30 minutes after the theft and only a half of a mile away, according to an arrest affidavit. Rodney Lorenzo Walker, 32, who is listed as 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 285 pounds, was wearing a green and bright yellow long sleeve shirt when he went on the MDHS campus, 700 North Donnelly Street and stole an electric bicycle under the watchful eye of the assistant