Cleaning Lady Finds Family Dead

"HEATHROW, FL - A man shot and killed his wife and two children, then turned the gun on himself inside their upscale Heathrow home, Seminole County sheriff's officials said today.

"Deputies identified the victims of the murder-suicide as John Dillon Wood, 41; Cynthia Wood, 40; Aubrey Wood, 12; and Dillon Wood, 10. Their bodies were found today inside their Trentwood Court home in the Lakeside subdivision.

"`[Wood] apparently shot his entire family,` Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger said. `It's a huge tragedy. There's no other way to describe it.`

"A cleaning lady entered the home before noon and discovered Wood's body, Capt. Dennis Lemma of the sheriff's office said. She called authorities who later found the other bodies in the home.

"Seminole County Sheriff's investigators think John D. Wood, 41, shot and killed his family, wife, Cynthia Wood, 40, and children -- Aubrey Wood 12 and Dillon Wood, 10 -- before committing suicide.

"Eslinger said the family was having financial issues.

"Neighbor Ed Evans said John Wood had worked at Lowe's home improvement store, but more recently had been working for Dick's Sporting Goods in Melbourne. Cynthia Wood had recently lost her job, Evans said.

"Evans described them as a `nice couple.`

"`The kids were just wonderful,` he said."

Source: OrlandoSentinel.com...