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2 dead in apparent murder-suicide at Pinellas County home

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Updated  August 26, 2025 7:02am EDT
Pinellas County
FOX 13 News

The Brief

    • A man and a woman were found dead at a Dunedin home on Monday night, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
    • A welfare check was done at the 1500 block of Mac Charles Ct. in Dunedin after learning that 54-year-old Charles Reid Jr. was sending suicidal messages to his family.
    • Several suicide notes were later found throughout the home and detectives believe at this point that Reid murdered his girlfriend before taking his own life.

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Pinellas County deputies are investigating an apparent murder-suicide after a man and a woman were found dead at a home on Monday night.

The backstory:

According to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, deputies were conducting a welfare check at the 1500 block of Mac Charles Ct. in Dunedin after learning that 54-year-old Charles Reid Jr. was sending suicidal messages to his family.

After attempting to make contact with Reid, deputies entered the home through an unsecured door and found Reid's girlfriend, 42-year-old Sarah Bulat, dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

That's when deputies heard a gunshot from the bathroom where they found Reid with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Several suicide notes were later found throughout the home and detectives believe at this point that Reid murdered Bulat before taking his own life.

Detectives remained on scene through the overnight hours into Tuesday.

The investigation is ongoing.

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The Source: This story was written with information provided by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

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