A crazed Florida husband shot his school teacher wife to death in front of their two children in Florida over the weekend before leaving his children in the hotel parking lot with their mother’s body and driving away to kill himself..
Port Lucie police said Ray Felix kidnapped Jamie Felix and their sons, 17 and 10, Friday evening. According to WPEC, he forced the three of them into his rental car and confronted his wife about their pending divorce. He also forced Jamie Felix to send an email to her coworkers at Manatee K-8 Academy, an email that was so strange it prompted them to call police.
Meanwhile, the enranged husband forced the 17-year-old to drive his other’s car while he held Jamie Felix at gunpoint in the rental car, leading them to the Quality Inn near Palm Beach International Airport, according to WPBF.
There, Jamie Felix got out of the car, and her husband gunned her down in the parking lot.
Ray Felix then left his two sons behind and drove to a rental car place, where he dropped off the rental car.
“(Ray Felix) dropped that car off and was off the property when officers found him at which time he pulled out a gun and fired a single shot to his head,” said West Palm Beach Police Department public information officer Mike Jachles.
Felix didn’t die right away, Jachles said. He was rushed to St. Mary’s Medical Center, where he eventually died.
Jamie Felix, 45, was teacher at Manatee K-8 Academy. Her friends and co-workers mourned her loss.
“Jamie Felix is a beautiful soul who will live forever in the hearts of those who love her. She loved her children to depths that words can’t express, she was incredibly brave and resilient, she had the most amazingly contagious laugh,” said Monica Jackman. “She was compassionate, she was loyal and dedicated, she was a girl’s girl who lifted up her friends at every opportunity.”
St. Lucie Public Schools said that Felix “brought joy, passion, and dedication to her students and the staff at Manatee and she will be greatly missed.”
The school district said it would make grief counselors available for students as staff “for as long as needed.”
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[Featured image: Jamie Felix/handout]
