Father stabs two daughters and their mother dead in Miami murder-suicide

A man killed his two young daughters and their mother in a stabbing in Miami-Dade before taking his own life. All four were found dead at the scene.

Four found stabbed to death at Miami-Dade residence

A man, two girls and a woman were found stabbed to death at a home in Miami-Dade County on Tuesday evening in what investigators believe was a murder-suicide, abcnews.com reports.

Doral Police Officers responded to a welfare check at approximately 7:30 p.m. and entered the residence to find all four individuals unresponsive. Each had suffered stab wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office identified the deceased as 42-year-old Ryan Charles Whiten, 46-year-old Melanie Lauren Hyer, and two girls — 11-year-old Savannah Whiten and 8-year-old Sienna Whiten. Whiten was the biological father of both girls; Hyer was their mother.

Investigators believe Whiten killed Hyer and the two children before taking his own life.

"The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Homicide Bureau investigation is currently leading detectives to believe this incident was a murder-suicide," the sheriff's office said in a statement. "Investigators are continuing to work closely with the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office as the investigation remains active."

The investigation is ongoing.

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