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Sophia Brin Lonergan

Case from Scottsdale, AZ dated Mar 26, 2025

Victim Details

Sophia Brin Lonergan

Female

White / Caucasian

Scottsdale

AZ

2025-03-26

15

Sophia

Brin Lonergan

07/13/2026

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In a quiet Scottsdale, Arizona neighborhood, the life of 15-year-old Sophia Brin Lonergan, a female Caucasian, was tragically cut short in what police have described as a murder-suicide. On March 26, 2025, officers discovered the bodies of Sophia, her 46-year-old mother, Lisa Kay Lonergan, and her 51-year-old father, Tod Daniel Lonergan, inside their home near Indian Bend Road and Via De La Sendero. All three had suffered gunshot wounds.

The grim discovery was made after a concerned cowor ...
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  • NewsBreak: Police identify 3 found dead in Scottsdale home, murder-suicide suspected - NewsBreak
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    Has anyone else noticed the strange timing of Tod Lonergan’s actions? I was reading about how a co... ...Read More
    05/15/2025
    I can't stop thinking about Sophia and how her school community must be handling this unimaginable l... ...Read More
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