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Jean Carlos Aponte (Broward County Jail) and authorities searching the water behind his home after he allegedly killed his wife and toddler (WSVN screenshot)

Jean Carlos Aponte (Broward County Jail) and authorities searching the water behind his home after he allegedly killed his wife and toddler (WSVN screenshot)

A 40-year-old father in Florida is accused of killing his 38-year-old wife and 2-year-old son, allegedly stabbing both to death in “traumatic” fashion before attempting to take his own life.

Jean Carlos Aponte was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder in the slayings of young Ethan Aponte and Sara Ashley Gama, records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

Officers with the Plantation Police Department at about noon on Tuesday, March 26, responded to a call requesting a welfare check on Aponte’s family home in the 1000 block of NW 97th Avenue, according to a report from Miami CBS affiliate WFOR. The home is about 35 miles north of Miami.

The welfare check request was reportedly placed by Ethan’s grandparents.

Upon arriving at the scene, first responders reportedly said they found Ethan and Gama inside of the home. Both were pronounced dead on the scene. An adult male — later identified as Aponte — was also located inside of the home. He was alive but unconscious.

Emergency medical personnel were dispatched to the location and paramedics transported Aponte to a local hospital with what was suspected to be a self-inflicted drug overdose. Aponte remained at the hospital until Saturday, when he was released and booked into the Broward County Jail.

The couple’s newborn child was also found in the home and had not been harmed. The grandparents reportedly took custody of the child.

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