FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Authorities have charged a man in the murders of his ex-wife and her fiancé at a southwest Florida marina.
The News-Press reports (https://bit.ly/1sCg869 ) 69-year-old Marilyn Spiegel and 70-year-old Harry Carlip were found shot dead inside their boat at a Fort Myers Beach dock slip Thursday morning.
Michael Stephen Spiegel has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson in their deaths.
According to the newspaper, Spiegel told detectives that “something bad happened” when he boarded the boat. He refused to elaborate.
Spiegel was ordered held without bond.
Deputies had been called to the scene after a resident living on a boat heard shots and called 911. Authorities said the disturbance included a small fire on a boat.
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