Police in Florida are investigating what could have led a mother to slaughter her two children in a double murder-suicide that has left neighbors stupefied. Deputies from the Manatee County Sheriff's Office received a call on Thursday, February 26, from a troubled father traveling abroad at the time, concerned after he was unable to reach his wife and kids. When first responders arrived at the exclusive coastal Lakewood Ranch neighborhood, they reportedly found a scene later described in reports as "violent.