Florida Teacher Found Dead Inside Her Home Beside Lover

Teacher Found Dead Inside Her Home Beside Lover In Florida

Beloved teacher Amanda Hicks, 26, was murdered by her boyfriend, Carlos Diaz, 25, in the Port St. Lucie apartment they had moved into with their 11-month-old daughter, Alani, just three weeks earlier.

It was reported, Diaz flew into a rage during an arument with Hicks.

Neighbors heard a scream from the apartment of a beloved Florida middle school teacher who was found dead alongside her boyfriend in a suspected murder-suicide over the weekend. Diaz, then turned a gun on himself on May 26.

Neigbor Monica Ventura, 56, said she had heard “a very loud, screechy scream” come from the first-floor apartment during the night Friday, according to local news site TCPalm. “That scream stays in my head,” she added.

Police found Hicks stabbed to death and Diaz several feet away, deceased, from a gunshot blast.