Breakup Ends In Murder/Suicide

"PORT ST JOHN, FL — Sheriff’s investigators say a Port St. John man killed his girlfriend and then himself, possibly because she was going to leave him.

"The bodies of Glenn Laughlin, 57, and Robin Ainsworth, 47, were found in their home at 7271 Achilles Road Friday morning. Ainsworth’s bags were packed, said Lt. Tod Goodyear, spokesman for Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

"`From what we understand they had been having problems recently,` he said.
`The scene appeared to be that she was in the process of leaving him. It looks like he shot and killed her and then turned the gun on himself.`

"Neighbor Robert Scarboro [said] that he had no notice that the couple was going on vacation and `I just had a bad feeling about it.`

"Scarboro called the sheriff’s department, whose investigators found the back door of the couple’s home unlocked and discovered the bodies.

"The home is in the same neighborhood where Tonya Thomas, a Port St. John woman, killed her four children and herself May 15. The week before those deaths, another shooting in Port St. John left one man dead and another critically wounded.

"Still, the sheriff’s department has not had a lot of major cases in that area, no more than any other neighborhood, Goodyear said.

"`You really can’t predict these domestic situations,` he said. `Here, one person decided they were going to end the relationship and the other was not willing to let them go.`"

From floridatoday.com...