TAVERNIER, Fla. – Three children ran to a neighbor's house for help after finding a man and woman dead inside their Florida Keys home Friday. The bodies have been identified as Tara Rosado, 26, and Carlos Ortiz, 30.
Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Becky Herrin said deputies are investigating the deaths on Cuba Road in the Harris Park subdivision of Tavernier, just off mile marker 92.5 on U.S. Highway 1.
Herrin said the couple were found dead inside the house, but the circumstances surrounding their deaths remain under investigation.
"We have a female and a male from an apparent gunshot wound that's deceased inside," Maj. Chad Scibilia told Local 10 News.
Neighbors said they heard gunshots the night before, but no one thought anything of it.
Travis Kvadus told Local 10 News the children, ages 8 and younger, told him their mother was dead. Kvadus walked to the home and found the bodies.
Kvadus said the three children tried to wake up their mother.
"They were great people, you know," Kvadus said. "He was very driven."
Kvadus said the woman lived in the home with her boyfriend for years.
Neighbors said the kids' grandparents came to the scene. Deputies took them all to meet with the Department of Children and Families.
Deputies were following leads late Friday night. It's unclear if the incident was domestic.
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