Saturday, October 10, 2026 -A Florida, USA mother picking up her young children from their father discovered all three shot dead in a suspected murder-suicide on Wednesday afternoon.
Olivia Piccolo, 29, made the discovery when arriving at the
Cocoa, Florida, home of her ex-husband, 37-year-old Joseph Dingwall, to collect
her seven-year-old son, Remy, and five-year-old daughter, Aria.
"It was her day to have custody of her children and
after she got to the house to try to reach… the kids’ father, she went to the
home and went inside," Cocoa Police Chief Evander Collier IV said during a
press conference. "The door was partially ajar and she went inside and
found all three deceased."
Law enforcement officials confirmed that Dingwall is
believed to be responsible for the children's deaths. Police records show
officers had previously been called to Dingwall’s residence 11 times for
various medical calls and suspicious activities.
A neighbor reported hearing two gunshots at approximately
12:20 a.m.—roughly twelve hours before Piccolo discovered the scene—and noted
that doorbell camera footage captured Dingwall pacing outside the residence
with a flashlight shortly after the shots were fired.
"Two gunshots. Two clear gunshots, and it was 12.20
a.m., midnight," the neighbor, Marcos Garcia, reported.
A community fundraising effort established to cover funeral
expenses and support Piccolo described the siblings as the center of their
mother's life.
"Anyone who knew Olivia, even for a short amount of
time, knew about her children. You couldn’t know Olivia without knowing how
much Remy and Aria meant to her," the organizers wrote on the fundraising
page. "They were her entire world. Her life revolved around them, and
every part of her heart belonged to being their mother."
The Cocoa Police Department has not publicly disclosed a
motive as the investigation remains ongoing
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