Dunedin Man Charged With Stabbing Sister To Death

DUNEDIN, FL – A Dunedin man accused of stabbing his sister to death is now in custody in Macon, Georgia.

According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Scott Horan, 39, has been charged with one count of second-degree murder in the death of sister, Leanna Horan, 42, of 1430 Duncan Loop N., MacAlpine Place Apartments, #208, Dunedin.

In what Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri describes as a "brutal scene," Leanna Horan was found stabbed to death inside her apartment at about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. Detectives say she was murdered around 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27.

Pinellas Sheriff’s deputies discovered Leanna Horan lying in a pool of blood after Christopher Horan approached an officer with the Navicent Health Police Department in the parking lot of Navicent Health Medical Center in Macon and said he wanted to turn himself in.

He told detectives he stabbed his sister during an argument. Horan apparently had been living with his sister. He said he wanted to go out drinking that evening and she did not want him to leave. Detectives said Leanna Horan was stabbed more than 20 times in the head, neck and back with multiple knives. One knife found at the scene had been used with so much force that it bent. Horan admitted to stabbing his sister "too many times" and then driving her car to Georgia.

Horan was arrested and taken to the Bibb County Jail in Macon to await extradition to Pinellas County.

His family said Horan has a history of mental problems. However, the sheriff's office has no record of him being taken into custody due to mental health issues. He does have minor offenses for driving under the influence, disorderly conduct and trespassing, Gualtieri said.

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