Overview
- Nancy Bacon, 34, and her daughter, Eden, 4, were found shot to death in their Marion Springs condominium in Ocala on Feb. 10.
- Witnesses told police that Bacon’s estranged husband, 38-year-old Ralph Bacon, was seen leaving the complex, triggering a region-wide alert.
- License-plate readers flagged a dark SUV with North Carolina plates heading north on I-95 toward the Florida–Georgia border.
- Kingsland officers conducted a traffic stop near the state line, where investigators say Ralph Bacon died by suicide inside the vehicle.
- Ocala’s police chief described the couple’s relationship as challenging, reported no prior disturbance calls, and said the child was not his biological daughter.