Suspect in 70-year-old’s ‘violent’ death at Parkshore Plaza Condominiums dies by suicide, police say

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The boyfriend of a 70-year-old woman who police say was ‘violently’ killed on Thursday has died by suicide, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department. 

Police say Deborah Ann Haugh was found deceased in her Parkshore Plaza condo located at 300 Beach Drive NE after friends asked the maintenance department to conduct a welfare check after she missed a lunch date. 

"She died of trauma. It was a violent act," stated Yolanda Fernandez with the St. Petersburg Police Department. 

Police identified the woman’s boyfriend, Tracy Lee Lukanic, 57, as a suspect in her death. 

St. Pete police are investigating a homicide after a 70-year-old woman was 'violently' killed inside her condo. 

Officers say he took his own life by jumping off the top floor of the Sundial parking garage at 117 2nd St. N. on Thursday morning.

Police say the woman’s death was not a random act and there is no threat to the community. 

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