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Police: Caregiver, husband fatally shoot woman, 89, in Ponce Inlet

PONCE INLET, Fla. — An 89-year-old woman was shot and killed by her caregiver and her caregiver’s husband Wednesday morning, the Ponce Inlet Police Department said.

Police said they found Margaret Hindsley suffering from gunshot wounds at a home on Links Village Drive.

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Lifesaving efforts began and Hindsley was taken to a hospital, where she later died.

Police said two suspects were taken into custody in Oak Hill after they admitted to a relative that they shot Hindsley.

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Tyden Guinn, 24, and his wife Micayla Yusco, 22, were both charged with first-degree murder and armed burglary. They were booked into the Volusia County Jail.

Yusco was a caregiver for Hindsley and visited her twice a day, investigators said.

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Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.

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