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- Deputies investigate apparent murder-suicide at a Cot Road home in Lutz.
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📰 News we're reading
• Pasco murder-suicide: Man, woman found dead inside Lutz home (fox13news.com) — Two people were found dead inside a Cot Road–area home in Lutz after Pasco County deputies conducted a morning welfare check, and investigators believe it was an isolated murder-suicide. Authorities say the man is thought to have shot the woman before killing himself. Deputies have not yet released their identities or any possible motive. 
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