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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Florida Woman Kills Both of Her Exes in the Same Day | 6AM 12.24.25

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A Florida woman was arrested and charged with murder for killing two of her ex-husbands on the same day.  Drew Nelson reporting. 

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0:00.0

Crime Alert, I'm Nancy Grace. A Florida woman guns down two ex-husbands after using stolen food to get into one of their home.

0:09.0

Susan Avalon, 51, arrested charge with second-degree homicide for shooting both exes dead.

0:15.4

Police alleged Avalon walks into a nearby Panera, grabs a food order off the door-dash and Uber Eats pickup stand, and leaves,

0:23.4

then uses the food to get into the homes of the exes.

0:27.4

Straight out to Drew Nelson for more.

0:30.9

Nancy Manatee County deputies were first called to a home on Chatham Light Run and Bradenton.

0:35.9

A man had been shot after answering his front door.

0:38.8

Deputies were able to speak with him at the scene. He identified this shooter as most likely his ex-wife.

0:44.5

He was taken to a local hospital and later died from his injuries. The victim's 15-year-old

0:49.3

daughter was inside the home at the time. She told deputies she heard three gunshots. She then saw a Honda Odyssey

0:55.5

driving away. As deputies worked the Bradenton case, they identified Susan Avalon, 51 of Citrus

1:02.3

County, as a person of interest. Records showed custody disputes between Avalon and the Bradenton

1:07.9

victim. The suspect owes the victim about $4,000 that we find out in child support.

1:13.6

So she becomes our primary target, and she, ironically, owns a silver Honda Odyssey.

1:20.6

That's Sheriff Rick Wells. Detectives traveled to Avalon's Citrus County home to question her.

1:25.6

They arrived as she was coming outside with bleach and

1:28.2

cleaning rags. She began wiping down her Honda Odyssey. Wells describes what happened next.

1:33.6

Detectives let her know that they are there to speak about her ex-husband. She says which one.

1:40.3

Obviously, that response raised immediate concern. Investigators realized there could be another crime scene. Manatee County deputies contacted Tampa police and requested a welfare check at a home on East Frierson Avenue. Officers entered that home and found an adult male dead with multiple gunshot wounds. There was also damage to a rear door. Authorities confirm this victim was also an

2:01.6

ex-husband. Authorities now believe the Tampa killing happened first. Investigators say Avalon,

2:06.9

then traveled to Manatee County and went to the Bradenton home where the second shooting occurred.

2:11.5

Avalon's living boyfriend told detectives she had recently located the address of one of her former

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