DELTONA — A mother and daughter were shot to death in Deltona by the mother's boyfriend who then apparently shot himself dead in an apparent murder-suicide discovered by deputies on Tuesday night, the Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies found the bodies of Nancy Russo Eads, 56, her daughter Lisa Ferraro, 32, and Richard Murray, 58, when they entered a house at 610 Nardello Drive about 9:33 p.m., according to the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.

Murray left a note apologizing to his two adult sons for what he did, Sheriff Mike Chitwood said.

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The mother and daughter were believed to be talking about the legal process of evicting Murray when he got a gun and shot the women, Chitwood said.

Chitwood described Murray as the mother's longtime boyfriend.

The scene was discovered after the daughter's husband grew concerned because he had been unable to contact his wife for more than four hours, the sheriff said.

Deputies arrived and found the door to the home unlocked and the bodies inside.

He said they had not had any domestic violence calls to the house in the past 12 years.

He said he believed that the Sheriff's Office did have four calls to the house in 2011, but they were not related to domestic violence.

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Neighbor Mary Ellen Taft said Eads was friendly and believed Ferraro moved in a couple years ago.

“It’s crazy,” Taft said. “You never really know what’s happening in someone’s house.”

Staff writer Patricio G. Balona contributed to this report.

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