A South Florida man killed his wife and son with a crossbow, drove 460 miles to try and kill his other son, and then slit his own throat.
The violent, long-distance rampage took Pedro Maldonado Sr. from one end of the state to the other.
While the Broward County Sheriff's Office continues to piece together a time line, detectives believe Maldonado shot and killed his 47-year-old wife, Monica Narvaez-Maldonado, and their 17-year-old son, Pedro Maldonado Jr., with a crossbow in their Weston townhouse sometime on Monday. Weston is located about 13 miles west of Fort Lauderdale.
The sheriff's report says Maldonado, 53, then drove about 460 miles north to Tallahassee in an attempt to kill his older son, José Maldonado, who attends Florida State University.
"His dad did try to shoot him with the same handheld crossbow and the arrow hit Jose's ear," Dani Moschella, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's department. "Then his father tried to choke him, and José luckily was able to get away."
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/05/justice/florida-crossbow-killings/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews
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This is insane! I wonder what this mans motive was for him to kill his family members so brutally. Why did he drive so far just to take the life of his son? Does this man have a criminal record or previous mental disorder? What happened in the hours before the attacks?
This is really sad and terrible that it happened. The father must have had some mental problems or maybe drug or alcohol problems. Hopefully the son can find out why the father did this and maybe get over it because this is a terrible thing to happen.
This is so sad. Why would anyone want to kill their family, especially their kids?
This is sad. Mental health should be more montitered this day in age. People do dangerous things when not cared for correctly mentally.
That's not positive... Hard core
I have a friend in Florida who knew the seventeen year old boy who was killed, he said that Pedro was a really good friend to everyone and that he was the captain of his high school drumline and was in a winter drumline. This is really sad to hear that you would kill your own family, and my prayers go out to the family that's dealing with this.
This is awful. He obviously had something wrong with him if he killed is wife and son.
This is guy is messed up... I have no idea what would prompt him to act like he did... and on top of all that, why with a crossbow? it just doesn't add up.
This is crazy! Did it say why he killed his wife and son and then tried to kill his other son? I think that there had to be a reason unless this guy is just psycho. I don't think I could ever kill my spouse and son. I'm glad the other son got away.
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