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College student kills his mom because she ‘got on his nerves’

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POLK COUNTY, FL – An unsettling murder has been reported in Florida, where a pre-med student from the University of Florida stands accused of stabbing his mother to death because she “got on his nerves.” The 21-year-old student, Emanuel Espinoza, had approached his mother, Elvia Espinoza, wanting to spend the weekend with her at her home, which is located approximately two hours south of Orlando. When the mother opened the door for her son at …

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Airbnb birthday party shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

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ORLANDO, FL- Florida law enforcement officials are on the hunt for a suspect believed to have fatally shot a man and wounded a woman during a birthday celebration at a rented Airbnb property. The victims were part of a family from Orlando who had rented a house in Davenport to celebrate a one-year-old’s birthday, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. The incident unfolded around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday when a 27-year-old man delivered two …

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Man with a multi-state criminal history arrested for murdering his own 16-year-old son

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A man from Florida, Stephan Thomas Rodda, 37, was apprehended on Monday, accused of the brutal murder of his teenage son using a heavy-duty saw known as an angle grinder. The incident occurred in a mobile home in Polk County, with the suspect attempting to escape the scene on Old Bartow Road in Lake Wales. The victim, 16-year-old Stephen Lee Rodda, was an 11th-grade student at Frostproof High School. The Polk County Sheriff, Grady Judd, …

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