"Horrific Scene" Found During Welfare Check

"BROOKSVILLE, FL — Hernando Oaks, a golf community about 5 miles south of Brooksville, is a neighborhood where many residents still feel safe behind unlocked doors.

"But on Thursday night, the neighborhood was the site of a `horrific` murder/suicide, according to Sheriff Al Nienhuis.

"The sheriff and forensics teams arrived 4419 Caliquen Drive around 11 a.m. on Friday, as a group of reporters and concerned residents gathered for a press conference.

"Nienhuis said the deceased suspect was Jamil Etayem, 28. Victims were identified as 23-year-old Roseanna Sanson, and her 9-month-old baby, Carter Sanson.

"The family moved into the Hernando Oaks rental home at the end of July from Ohio.

"On Thursday, dispatchers received a call from a concerned neighbor asking deputies to perform a welfare check. The neighbor said the couple had been arguing in the afternoon, and as night fell the caller noticed there was no movement and all the lights were off.

"`Unfortunately when we got here we found all three of the individuals, including the 9-month-old little boy, deceased,` Nienhuis said, adding deputies arrived at 10:14 p.m. Thursday night.

"Nienhuis said a knife or knives were used in the murders. The sheriff said it appeared Etayem killed his girlfriend and her baby, who has a different biological father, before then using the knife to kill himself.

"`It was a pretty horrific scene,` Nienhuis said. `It was shocking even to hardened law enforcement officers, and even our dispatchers are having a little bit of a difficult time with it. Fortunately, we don't see this very often.`

"Nienhuis said the garage door was open, and it appeared the car was in the process of being packed up."

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