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Svensen is also accused of murdering his wife’s father, Richard Louis Ivancic, 71, his wife’s mother, Laura Ann Ivancic, 59, and their 25-year-old son, Nicholas James Ivancic, on Dec. 19 or Dec. 20.
The family’s bodies were discovered badly decomposed in their Tarpon Springs home on New Year’s Day.
On Jan. 3, Svensen was found driving his wife’s stolen SUV in Ohio. He was arrested in the murder of his wife’s family and later allegedly confessed to not only killing the group but also killing Jaimie a year ago and pretending to be her to thwart suspicion of her slaying.
Jaimie is the mother of the couple’s two children, who are 3 and 2 and were found safe inside a residence in Ohio.
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In addition to dodging phone calls, Ivancic’s sister told theTampa Bay Timesshe believes Svensencontinued to send text messagesand pictures of the couple’s children posing as his wife.
“I feel betrayed and that I was played,” Karma Steward said. “I didn’t expect the worst when I probably should have.”
The couple’s children are in the custody of Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services.
Steward told the paper she had urged her sister to leave Svensen before she disappeared but her pleas fell on deaf ears.
“I tried to convince her a couple times that she would be better off leaving him, just being a single mom with the support of her family,” Stewart told the paper. “But I don’t think she ever considered it an option.”
Svensen is awaiting extradition back to Florida. It is unclear whether he has retained an attorney who can speak on his behalf or if he has entered a plea of guilt or innocence.
source: people.com
