Name:William Harvey Smithson.
Age at death: 78.
Disability: Chronic illness/frail elder.
Name: Eric Russell Smithson.
Age at death: 54.
Disability: Unspecified special needs.
Died: November 24, 2020.
Cause of death: Shooting.
Location: Clermont, Florida, USA.
Details:
William and his son Eric lived with his wife. Authorities concluded that William’s wife shot and killed her husband and son, then killed herself.
Case status:
Joyce Lorraine Smithson (wife/mother), died by suicide.
Source:
Florida woman accused of killing husband, son with special needs in double murder-suicide
Deputies: Woman killed her husband, son with special needs before killing herself
Elderly Woman Murdered Her Ill Husband and Special Needs Son Before Dying by Suicide: Deputies
Incident 11-24-2020 Florida Clermont 2-1