On the evening of September 11, 1998, Jeffrey Hutchinson killed his girlfriend, Renee Flaherty, 9-year-old Geoffrey Flaherty, 7-year-old Amanda Flaherty and 4-year-old Logan Flaherty.

Prior to the murders Hutchinson told a bartender, who knew both Hutchinson and Flaherty, “Renee is pissed off at me.” Hutchinson drank one and a half glasses of beer and left, muttering to himself. Witnesses noted that Hutchinson drove recklessly as he left the bar.

Approximately 40 minutes later there was a 911 call from Hutchinson’s home. The caller stated, “I just shot my family” and “There were some guys here.” Friends identified the caller’s voice as Hutchinson’s.

Deputies arrived within 10 minutes of Hutchinson’s call and found him on the ground in the garage. Each of the victims had been shot once in the head with a shotgun. Geoffrey Flaherty was shot also shot in the chest. Hutchinson had gunshot residue on his hands and Geoffrey’s body tissue on his leg.

Hutchinson alleged that two men came into the house and he struggled with them. They then shot Renee and the children and fled. Hutchinson was examined at the scene and at the jail and had no injuries.

Source: Florida Commission on Capital Cases