Deputies Find 5-Year-Old Twins Dead After Recovering Body of Mother Who Had Jumped From Bridge

Deputies Find 5-Year-Old Twins Dead After Recovering Body of Mother Who Had Jumped From Bridge
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SANFORD, Fla.—Deputies in central Florida investigating a woman who had jumped to her death into a lake from a highway bridge later found her 5-year-old twins dead at her home, authorities said Friday.

Deputies were called to a highway bridge in Seminole County, Florida, a suburb of Orlando, Friday morning after motorists witnessed the 31-year-old woman exiting the passenger side of a car and jumping into the lake below.