Mom arrived for custody handover to discover ex had killed their daughter, 5, son, 7, and himself

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-10-08 · by Emma Richter
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On Wednesday around 12:40 pm, Olivia Piccolo, a 29-year-old Florida woman, discovered her two young children and their father dead at a home in Cocoa. She called 911 after entering the house through an open front door to find her seven-year-old son Remy and five-year-old daughter Aria, along with the children's father Joseph Dingwall, deceased inside. Police believe that Dingwall killed his children before taking his own life in what they are calling a murder-suicide incident. The tragic event occurred at a home approximately 46 miles from Orlando, owned by Dingwall, and was reported to the Cocoa Police Department.

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Emma Richter
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911 Cocoa Florida Orlando the Cocoa Police Department

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Cocoa GPE · 2× Florida GPE · 2× 911 ORG · 1× Aria PERSON · 1× Fox 35 ORG · 1× Joseph Dingwall PERSON · 1× Olivia Piccolo PERSON · 1× Orlando GPE · 1× Remy PERSON · 1× the Cocoa Police Department ORG · 1×

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She told police that she previously tried to get in contact with Dingwall since it was her day to have the children, but he did not respond. A Florida woman found her seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter dead inside of a home in Cocoa on Wednesday afternoon.
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A Florida mother found her two young children and their father shot dead when she went to pick up the kids during a custody handover, police said. asserted
police → find → handover
Olivia Piccolo, 29, called 911 around 12.40pm on Wednesday after she made the grisly discovery at a home in Cocoa, about 46 miles outside of Orlando, according to the Cocoa Police Department. Joseph Dingwall, the children's father, was also found dead inside the home that he owned, Fox 35 reported. uncertain
Fox → call → that
Police believe he killed his children and then himself. asserted
he → believe → children
Their seven-year-old son Remy and five-year-old daughter Aria died in the apparent murder-suicide, authorities said. asserted
authorities → die → suicide
Piccolo found the three of them after entering the home through an ajar front door, officials stated. asserted
officials → find → door
She told police that she previously tried to get in contact with Dingwall since it was her day to have the children, but he did not respond. A Florida woman found her seven-year-old son and five-year-old daughter dead inside of a home in Cocoa on Wednesday afternoon. asserted
son → tell → afternoon
Their father was also deceased, police said This is breaking news... updates to follow. asserted
This → say → ?
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