Two children and an adult man were found dead inside a home on Sorrento Drive in Cocoa Wednesday, in a case police say may have been a murder-suicide. Officers responded to the residence shortly after noon, and preliminary findings point to a murder-suicide, though investigators say the full circumstances are still being worked out.
Cocoa patrol officers were sent to 100 Sorrento Drive shortly after noon Wednesday, according to WFTV. A woman discovered the bodies inside the home and called 911 for help, as reported by Florida Today. Police have described preliminary findings as indicating the deaths may have resulted from a murder-suicide, though that determination remains under investigation, according to WKMG.
Accounts of what has and has not been confirmed about the victims vary. Florida Today reported that both children were younger than 10, while Fox 35 reported that police had not released the children's ages or the identities of anyone who died, according to Fox 35. Police also have not confirmed whether the man found dead was the children's father or the homeowner, per the same Florida Today account.
Investigators Comb the Scene for Answers
Detectives were interviewing witnesses Wednesday while crime scene technicians processed the residence and collected evidence, per WFTV's report. Neighbors described hearing what sounded like gunshots sometime after midnight, according to the Florida Today article. Investigators currently believe this was an isolated incident, with no active threat to the public, the outlet reported.
Police have not released additional information about what led to the deaths or how the three were related to one another. The case remains under investigation, and officers have not said when further details might be made public.
Second Such Case in Brevard County in Weeks
This was not the second murder-suicide reported in Brevard County in less than two weeks: a separate case occurred on Dec. 21, 2025, more than two weeks before the October 7 Cocoa deaths, according to Florida Today's earlier coverage. In that incident, a 65-year-old man fatally shot his 82-year-old stepfather before killing himself in the 100 block of Woodsmill Boulevard in the Hidden Valley subdivision, the outlet reported. The shooter's mother was also inside that home at the time but was not harmed.
Countywide, homicide totals have been trending downward. Florida Today tracked 24 homicides in Brevard County in 2025. Since 2020, the county has averaged at least 40 homicides a year, per the outlet's analysis, and two of the domestic-violence homicide cases counted in 2025 involved murder-suicides.
