Father kills wife, mother-in-law and himself while three children are inside home, BSO says
Three children survived a Saturday morning tragedy, Broward Sheriff’s Office said, by climbing out a bedroom window to physical safety with the help of BSO deputies.
But they’ll live forever with the horror that BSO said remained behind in their Tamarac home: the bodies of their mother, Benouchka Sylverne and their father, Cody Sylverne. BSO said Cody shot Benouchka, Benouchka’s mother, then himself.
Benouchka’s mother was flown to Broward Health North, where she later died.
A 7:14 a.m. 911 call of shots fired brought BSO to the house in the 9700 block of Northwest 83rd block, a home that Broward County property records say the Sylvernes bought in 2015.
Broward online court records show no arrests of either parent or restraining orders filed between them.
This story was originally published December 13, 2020 at 12:17 PM.
