Woman shot to death by "estranged" husband; husband was facing child abuse charges (Plantation, Florida)

WILBERT LORMEUS gunned down his "estranged" wife, then later offed himself. Seems Lormeus was facing an August trial for child abuse charges. Not clarified here if it was for his own child or what. But the case certainly shows you that the domestic violence, homicide, and child abuse often and typically appear in tandem.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/plantation/fl-plantation-killing-20100427,0,4109314.story

Plantation police: Dead woman was likely victim of murder-suicide
Guilouse Cenatus, 37, thought to have been shot by estranged husband

11:47 a.m. EDT, April 27, 2010

PLANTATION
A woman who was shot dead at an apartment complex Monday night was likely killed by her estranged husband who later committed suicide, police said.

Guilouse Cenatus, 37, was found dead on the sidewalk outside an apartment building in the Plantation Gardens complex, located in the 7600 block of Northwest Fifth Street, Police Detective Phil Toman said.

Several people at the complex said it looked like Cenatus was shot as she ran out of an apartment in her underwear around 9 p.m.

Minutes later, authorities were called about a suicide at the Pompano Beach Cemetery at 400 S. Federal Highway. Cenatus' estranged husband, Wilbert Lormeus, 39, had shot and killed himself, police said.

It appears that the estranged couple died in a murder-suicide, Toman said.

Detectives are awaiting autopsy and ballistic test results.

The couple were married in March 2003, according to state records.

Lormeus was facing trial in August for a child abuse charge in Boynton Beach, records showed. No details were immediately available.