When Manatee County detectives pulled up to Susan Avalon’s home in Inverness this week, they found her in the driveway, busy scrubbing down her silver Honda Odyssey with bleach. They told the 51-year-old they were there to talk to her about her ex-husband. Without missing a beat, Susan looked up and calmly asked, “Which one?” It was a chilling question that instantly shifted a local murder investigation into a hunt for a second body.
The day started in Bradenton, where a 54-year-old man was gunned down on his own doorstep. Investigators say Susan had a cold, calculated plan to get him to open the door. She allegedly stopped by a Panera Bread, snatched a random food order from the pickup shelf, and drove to his house. Disguised as a delivery driver, she knocked on the door. When he opened it to take the food, she didn’t hand him a bag; she started firing.
Inside the house, the man’s 15-year-old daughter heard the shots and a minivan speeding away, but she didn’t see the face of the shooter. Her father, however, lived long enough to tell deputies that his ex-wife was likely the one who pulled the trigger. The two had been divorced for over a decade, but a bitter history of custody battles and $4,000 in unpaid child support still loomed over them. In fact, Susan was just days away from losing her driver’s license if she didn’t pay up.
After the shooting in Bradenton, Susan reportedly drove back to her home in Citrus County. Her current boyfriend later told police she arrived home and did something incredibly strange: she walked straight into the shower with all her clothes still on. He also mentioned that she had recently spent time tracking down her ex-husband’s new address, a detail that now looks like the final piece of a dark puzzle.
When Susan asked the “Which one?” question to detectives, they realized they might be dealing with more than one crime scene. They quickly contacted police in Tampa to check on her other ex-husband. There, officers found the back door kicked in and the second man dead from multiple gunshot wounds. It appears he had been killed earlier that same morning, making it a terrifying double-homicide across two different counties.
Sheriff Rick Wells didn’t hold back during the press conference, calling the entire situation “brazen” and “bizarre.” Susan didn’t just stop at the shootings; she reportedly began rambling to detectives about allegations of abuse and seemed confused about which police department she was even talking to. It was a messy, violent end to years of resentment that had simmered just beneath the surface.
Susan Avalon is currently behind bars, and the legal fallout is expected to be heavy. While she was initially charged with second-degree murder, prosecutors are already moving to upgrade those charges to first-degree murder. Sheriff Wells has made it clear that his office will be seeking the death penalty for what he described as a calculated and heartless execution of two men who were once part of her life.
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