Corndog Couple Found Dead

"AUBURNDALE, FL — Family members and a neighbor found an Auburndale couple dead in their bedroom Monday in what may have been a murder-suicide, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

"Corndog vendors Anthony Hill, 54, and his wife, Mary, 48, were last seen alive about 6 p.m. Saturday.

"Family members trying to reach Anthony Hill for his birthday entered the couple's locked home on 108 Sunny Lane on Monday and found them dead. The sheriff's office was notified about 6:20 p.m.

"Monday was Anthony Hill's birthday.

"Anthony Hill had been shot once in the back of the neck and once in the side of the head. Mary Hill was lying next to her husband on the bed with a single gunshot wound to the head and a black and silver semi-automatic handgun in her right hand, according to the sheriff's office.

"The Hills had been married since 1993 and lived in their home for about 10 years. They ran a corndog-vending business that operated at carnivals.

"The couple had been expected to travel to South Dakota for the beginning of a state fair and carnival season that would have ended at next year's Strawberry Festival, according to the sheriff's office.

"The investigation is ongoing."

From The Orlando Sentinel...