Saturday, November 19, 2011

Sanford, FL: Couple found dead in Sanford home

Updated: Saturday, 12 Nov 2011, 7:31 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 12 Nov 2011, 7:16 PM EST
By Valerie Boey
FOX 35 News
Sanford, Florida-It was just before midnight when neighbors on Bullion Loop in Sanford, got a rude awakening, "I was sleeping and the police came and knocked on the door. My grandson Cory says, get up get up, gotta get out of the house and we were stunned. So we threw our clothes on and went to my daughter's across the street."

Janice Landfair and her daughter Debbie wondered what was happening in the house across the way. Officers say they heard a gun shot and then evacuated neighbors, "We saw the cops in shooting position, they made us go out through the garage all bent down. We thought someone was on the loose." But inside this home, cops discovered 41 year old Bryan Coffin and his 43 year old wife Rocio dead, "Oh my God it was horrifying, scary. It was horrifying."
Investigators say they had been to the couple's home before, on a domestic violence call, "We have one documented DV incident from several months ago we're looking into that." Cops tell us, they were shot to death, but won't say if it was a murder suicide, "This is really shocking."
Janice and Debbie say, they were a nice couple who were friendly to their neighbors, "He'd always says to me hi Jancie how are you? And I'd wave to him and he would cut the lady's grass across the street and was always very pleasant. His wife would walk the dogs. Never heard any problems always friendly."
Neighbors say the wife was upset about something but wouldn't say what. Deputies are still trying to determine why the shooting occurred.

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