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Family Of 3 Florida Murder Victims Launches GoFundMe

The family of three people slain in an apparent domestic-related triple murder, has started a GoFundMe to pay for their funeral expenses.

Family members of 3 people slain in an apparent domestic-related murder have set up a GoFundMe.
Family members of 3 people slain in an apparent domestic-related murder have set up a GoFundMe. (Via GoFundMe)

HAINES CITY, FL -- The family of three people slain in an apparent domestic-related triple murder, has started a GoFundMe to pay for their funeral expenses.

Ernst Cherizard, the 38-year-old man suspected in the murders, gave himself up to Haines City police on Sunday after allegedly apologizing to his children on Facebook following the murders of their mother, the woman's aunt and the woman's 6-year-old daughter, according to police.

"To everyone who may not yet have heard the news, our dear aunt, Nicole, and her daughter, Jenny, (our cousin) was traumatically killed," said the family on GoFundMe. "Jenny's 6 year-old-daughter, Bella, was also shot multiple times [and] was pronounced dead a day later."

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Killed were 23-year-old Eli Junia Normil, who was identified as Cherizar's girlfriend, 48-year-old Nicole Guillume, identified by police as the woman's aunt, and Elizabelle Frenel, the child.

Cherizard, who was not the father of Frenel, had two other children with Normil, according to Haines City police.

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"What has happened is beyond comprehension and we are all still in shock," family members penned on GoFundMe. "Understandably, our family is struggling to cope, so I am stepping in to help with organizing the funerals of both Nicole and Jenny."

Family members said that Normil's surviving twins were being cared for by "close family."

"There is nothing that can ever explain the loss of a beautiful mother and child at such an early age," added family members. "Jenny was highly intelligent, surprisingly funny, and always full of life busy with her daughter, Bella, and her twins.

"Her mother (Matunt) aka Nicole was a caring mother to us all and everyone she came across. She loved her family and friends and we will always love her too," family members added. "Our precious Bella was such an innocent soul, who was smart, loving, and loved to laugh no matter what. They will always be missed and never forgotten."

Family members said that funds from the GoFundme would also be used to help support Normil's surviving twins.

"Thank you so much in advance for your prayers, thoughts, and support," the family said. Click here to make a donation.

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