Family tragedy in Broward: 5 kids suffer after father faces charges for mother’s murder

Jorge Sancler, left, stands accused of killing, Veronica Sancler, in Broward County. (Courtesy photo)

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A Venezuelan-American family tragedy was unfolding in Broward County after a 62-year-old father killed his 43-year-old wife at their home in Pembroke Pines.

Prosecutors filed a first-degree felony case on Sunday against Jorge Sancler for the murder of Veronica Sancler on Thursday morning in the Grand Palms community.

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A boy told police officers his father had stabbed his mother and showed them where she was “laying on the ground, covered in blood,” according to an arrest report Pembroke Pines police released on Monday.

Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue personnel tried to get the boy’s mother, Veronica Sancler, to the hospital, but she died on the way, according to police. Meanwhile, police officers evacuated the boy and his four siblings from the house along Lacosta Drive West, north of Pembroke Road and west of Interstate 75.

The boy also told police that his father had locked himself in the garage, so a SWAT team surrounded the area and rushed inside. Jorge Sancler was injured, so fire rescue personnel took him to the hospital where he likely remained pending his booking with the Broward Sheriff’s Office, records show.

Jorge Sancler was facing charges of first-degree felony murder with a depraved mind and third-degree felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, court records show. Broward County Circuit Judge Edward H. Merrigan Jr. is presiding over the case at the Central Courthouse.

Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.


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