On the afternoon of Friday, February 27, 2026, police in Belleview, Florida, were called to a residence on SE Babb Road where they made a grim discovery. In the backyard of the home, they found the bodies of a man and a woman, later identified as 43-year-old Kathryn Elissa Kirby. Both individuals were deceased.
Preliminary investigations by the Belleview Police Department led them to believe the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide. Authorities did not immediately release the names of the deceased to the public, pending notification of their families. News of the tragic event was reported by several local media outlets, which confirmed that two adults were found dead and that the case was being treated as a murder-suicide.
Further details surrounding the circumstances of the incident, including the identity of the male individual and the specific nature of the events leading to the two deaths, have not been made public. The investigation into the deaths of Kathryn Elissa Kirby and the male individual is ongoing. As the case is being investigated as a murder-suicide, with the presumed suspect also being deceased, there have been no arrests in connection with this case.
