Two Florida family members including a two-year-old boy are found dead in $850k home after ‘husband kills wife and son then tries to kill himself in drug-induced murder-suicide attempt’

Authorities have identified a mother and her young child found dead at their Florida residence after allegedly being murdered by the father.

The pair, Sara Gama, 38, and her two-year-old son, Ethan, were found dead inside the family’s $850,000 home in Plantation, a city west of Fort Lauderdale in the South Florida metropolitan area.

Police say the father, Jean Carlos Aponte, 40, is the primary suspect in the double murder.

He was found unconscious in the family’s home, having apparently attempted suicide by overdosing on pills. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was listed in critical condition.

There were reportedly four people living in the house at the time of the tragedy: the couple, Ethan, and a newborn baby. 

On Wednesday, investigators canvassed the residential neighborhood, asking those in the area if they’d witnessed anything leading up to the double murder.

Authorities were also spotted removing boxes from the house, according to NBC Miami.

Shortly before noon on Wednesday, the Plantation Fire Rescue department arrived at the house and divers were spotted entering the body of water behind the home.

Neighbors say the nuclear family unit had resided in the home for about five years.

One neighbor, Andy Hyman, told the outlet: ‘It saddens me deeply. I really don’t know what motivation anyone could have for doing such a heinous thing.’

Another neighbor shared footage from a Ring camera of Aponte going for a walk with his toddler a day before the murders.

A third neighbor said: ‘All I can think is maybe he was on pills or something for PTSD? I don’t know.

‘But I did see him on Monday walking his son down my street. He seemed fine. He was walking his son like he always does. He was a nice guy who was always with his son.’

On Wednesday, emergency crews were spotted diving in the body of water behind the family’s house – the bodies were discovered Tuesday

Amonte and Gama had just welcomed a second child together at the time of the murders. Neighbors say Gama had given birth  just a couple of months ago

The tragedy took place at the family’s $850,000 family home in an upper-middle-class suburb of southern Florida

Months before the killings, Amonte, a very pregnant Gama, and Ethan are pictured in a family holiday card photo

Neighbors said the newborn baby was picked up by the children’s grandparents following the murders.

‘We were just here yesterday. Devastation. How does this happen? I don’t know, he was so nice. Lovely people. She just had a baby,’ said one neighborhood resident.

‘I’m devastated, they were very nice people … my grandchildren played with Ethan. I’m devastated.’

Neighbors say Aponte is a military veteran who does not drink, spent lots of time with his family and on the appearance of his house. 

It is not yet known how the mother and her child were killed.