Two found dead in apparent Murder-suicide in fleming island

Deputies were contacted on Saturday (April 18th, 2026) by a family member of a 34-year-old man, Ashtin Durham, saying that they were concerned by a message they received from him. They proceeded to respond to his girlfriend’s (Jessica Valentin-Rivera) apartment on County Road 220 in Fleming Island for a welfare check. Upon entering the apartment, they found two people dead inside. They identified the individuals as  the man and his 36-year-old girlfriend as the two inside and said both were pronounced dead from apparent gunshot wounds. Initial signs point to the shooting being a domestic-related murder-suicide, investigators said, but the investigation is still ongoing.

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