MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say a man sought for questioning in the disappearance of a South Florida woman killed himself when approached by deputies in the Florida Keys.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said 33-year-old Roy Blanco died Tuesday of a self-inflicted stab wound to the abdomen. A woman believed to be Blanco’s mother who was with him on Big Coppitt Key was rushed to a local hospital after apparently taking an unknown number of pills. The mother’s condition was not immediately available.
Blanco was being sought by Miami police in the disappearance of 28-year-old Tonya Gonzalez, who has been missing for a week. A body was found in her abandoned car Tuesday, but police would not immediately confirm the body was hers.
Police described Blanco as Gonzalez’s ex-boyfriend.
