911 Call Reveals Gruesome Scene

"NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — Pasco County authorities say a man beat a woman to death in her home and then hung himself Monday afternoon.

"`We do not believe that we are looking for anybody else in terms of a suspect,` New Port Richey Police Chief James Steffens said. `We do believe that the suspect in this murder is dead inside the house as a result of hanging.`

"The female victim has been indentified as Tina Diane Lane, 37, a resident of 6018 Maplewood Drive, police said. The name of the man is being withheld until his next of kin is notified, but police said the family knew him.

"Lane died of blunt force trauma.

"Steffens said the Lane's daughter, a teen, returned home from school about 2:30 p.m. and found the man's body. She immediately called 911.

"She did not see her mother's body, Steffens said.

"Officers found the man's body in one part of the house and Lane's in another part of the house.

"Authorities were working to determine the relationship between the two."

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