A Florida woman is behind bars, amid allegations that she killed both of her ex-husbands on the same day.
Susan Avalon, a 48-year-old divorcee was arrested on Wednesday and is currently facing murder charges after allegedly “blasting one ex-hubby with bullets in Tampa, then traveling more than 50 miles to Manatee County to fatally shoot the other later that day,” according to The New York Post.
Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells held a press conference where he discussed some of the case:
According to The Post, investigators claim Avalon was in the middle of two contentious custody battles with the men, and it is believed that this could be one of the motivations behind the alleged murders.
“It doesn’t get anymore brazen than this,” said Wells. “We believe this was premeditated. She knew what she was doing, it was planned and she came here to kill her ex-husband.”
The first victim, a 54-year-old man, had been divorced from Avalon for about 11 years. She reportedly convinced him to “open his front door with stolen food from a Panera Bread” before she allegedly shot him twice. He succumbed to his injuries after being rushed to the hospital.
The sheriff’s office learned that she may not have stopped at the first ex, after they traced her vehicle back to her Citrus County home and asked about what had happened to her ex.
“Which one?” she asked, ominously.
“We only know of one,” Wells explained during his presser. “We start to dig into this second ex-husband that we know nothing about, and we find she was married again after the marriage to our victim, and that this ex-husband lives in Tampa.”
After being alerted by Manatee County, Tampa police conducted a welfare check on the man and found his body similarly riddled with bullet wounds. Wells noted that the man’s back door had evidence consistent with forced entry, and it is believed she targeted this man first, before turning her attention on the 54-year-old.
“The alleged killer, who was previously arrested on child abuse charges in Virginia in 2004, was charged with second-degree homicide in Manatee County. Wells said he is working with prosecutors to have that charge upgraded to first-degree murder and the death penalty,” The Post reported. “Avalon, who reportedly has five children between both slain ex-husband’s, also faced two other child abuse cases in Tampa and Pasco County that were later dropped.”
Police are continuing their investigation in Tampa, and Avalon is not currently facing any charges in that matter at this time.
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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