The sister of the disgraced Ponzi fraudster Bernie Madoff has died, along with her husband, in what's being investigated by Florida police as a murder-suicide.
Sondra Wiener, 86, and husband Marvin Weiner were both found dead Thursday night in their private gated community home in Valencia Lakes, just outside of Tampa, reports indicate.
Palm Beach Police confirmed Saturday that a murder-suicide investigation is currently underway, but would not confirm the Weiners were the deceased, BocaNewsNow reported.
However, sources told the outlet that the couple's bodies were recovered by cops Thursday in their home on Barca Boulevard, an occurrence confirmed by an internal email sent to homeowners in the private housing development notifying them of the Weiners' deaths, and confirming the investigation.
The sister of the disgraced Ponzi fraudster Bernie Madoff - who died in federal prison in April - has died, along with her husband, in what Florida police are calling a possible murder-suicide
Sondra Wiener, 86, and husband Marvin Weiner were both found dead Thursday night in their private gated community home in Valencia Lakes (pictured), outside of Tampa. Cops are keeping mum as to the details of their death and who shot who
'Let me start off by stating that as many of you have heard, we had a tragic situation on Barca Boulevard regarding the passing of Sondra and Marvin Weiner,' the private email obtained by the outlet and penned by an unnamed community leader reads.
'Our thoughts and condolences go out to their family. There is currently an investigation pending. All I can say is at this time there is no security or safety threat to anyone in the community.'
Weiner, Madoff's only sister, was 86. Her husband was 89. Cops did not comment on the circumstances of their deaths, nor whom is thought to have killed the other.
The couple's deaths come a little less than a year after notorious fraudster Madoff's, who died in prison in April.
The couple's deaths come a little less than a year after notorious fraudster Madoff's, who died in prison in April
Madoff was a fixture on Wall Street before his fall in 2008, when he was arrested and pleaded guilty to operating a sprawling, decades-long Ponzi scheme that swindled thousands out of their life savings, according to federal
