Elderly couple found shot to death in Fort Lauderdale home, officials say

An elderly couple was found shot to death in their home in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, police and family say. Their car is missing and a possible suspect remains at large.

Claudette Melvin, 85, and her husband, Major, 89, had no enemies, their daughter, Tonya Mitchell, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Wednesday. They were kind, church-going people who had lived in Florida for 50 years.

For unknown reasons, Mitchell said, someone walked into their home on Southwest 30th Terrace on Friday and shot and killed them both.