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Mother of Lake County deputy ambush suspect files life insurance claims on granddaughters

Julie Sulpizio's mother is looking to cash out on the life insurance policies of her granddaughters who died of self-inflicted gunshots during an ambush that took a Lake County deputy's life.

Mother of Lake County deputy ambush suspect files life insurance claims on granddaughters

Julie Sulpizio's mother is looking to cash out on the life insurance policies of her granddaughters who died of self-inflicted gunshots during an ambush that took a Lake County deputy's life.

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      800 MEDICARE. NEW AT FOUR. THE MOTHER OF THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF ORCHESTRATING A DEADLY AMBUSH ON LAKE COUNTY DEPUTIES WANTS THE LIFE INSURANCE PAYOUTS FOR HER GRANDKIDS. JULIE SULPICIO IS STILL WAITING TO STAND TRIAL. HER MOTHER, LINDA JEFFERSON, IS REQUESTING PAYOUT FOR HER TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS, CHEYENNE AND SAVANNAH, WHO INVESTIGATORS SAY SHOT THEMSELVES DURING THE ATTACK LAST AUGUST, WHICH KILLED AND WOUNDED DEPUTIES HAROLD HOWELL AND STEFANO GARGANO. INVESTIGATORS SAY SULPICIO, WHOSE HUSBAND ALSO OPENED FIRE AND TOOK HIS OWN LIFE. COURT RECORDS SHOW IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING THE ATTACK, JEFFERSON EXECUTED A POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SOUGHT OUT THE PAYMENTS. THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SAYS JEFFERSON HAS NEVER BEEN A BENEFICIARY, AND THAT STATE STATUTE MAY PREVENT HER FRO
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      Updated: 5:47 PM EDT Jun 10, 2025
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      Mother of Lake County deputy ambush suspect files life insurance claims on granddaughters

      Julie Sulpizio's mother is looking to cash out on the life insurance policies of her granddaughters who died of self-inflicted gunshots during an ambush that took a Lake County deputy's life.

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      Updated: 5:47 PM EDT Jun 10, 2025
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      The mother of a woman accused of plotting a family ambush and killing a Lake County deputy has filed to receive payouts on the life insurance policies of her two granddaughters who died during the incident.Linda Jefferson, the mother of suspect Julie Sulpizio, asked Gerber Life Insurance Company to pay out a total of $50,000 for the policies of her two granddaughters, Sulpizio's daughters, who investigators said died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds during the horrific crime last August.According to court records, she made the request about a month after, but just recently was named in court as a defendant in a filing by Gerber asking the court for an "interpleader" to decide whether it should pay Jefferson.Sulpizio, who is being held in jail and awaiting trial for the crime that took the life of Master Deputy Bradley Link and injured two other deputies, is accused of orchestrating an ambush at a Eustis area home.Deputies responded to a 911 call of an altercation between Sulpizio and neighbors. When they entered the home, investigators said Sulpizio, her husband Michael and two daughters Cheyenne and Savannah opened fire.Investigators said the four were heavily armed and waiting.The event took place in early August, but by the end of the month, Jefferson had filed a power of attorney on Sulpizio, and asked Gerber to pay out in September.The life insurance company said Jefferson has never been a beneficiary of the two girls' policies and that the state "slaying statute" may prevent her from receiving the money.The court is expected to decide whether the funds will be paid out.

      The mother of a woman accused of plotting a family ambush and killing a Lake County deputy has filed to receive payouts on the life insurance policies of her two granddaughters who died during the incident.

      Linda Jefferson, the mother of suspect Julie Sulpizio, asked Gerber Life Insurance Company to pay out a total of $50,000 for the policies of her two granddaughters, Sulpizio's daughters, who investigators said died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds during the horrific crime last August.

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      According to court records, she made the request about a month after, but just recently was named in court as a defendant in a filing by Gerber asking the court for an "interpleader" to decide whether it should pay Jefferson.

      Sulpizio, who is being held in jail and awaiting trial for the crime that took the life of Master Deputy Bradley Link and injured two other deputies, is accused of orchestrating an ambush at a Eustis area home.

      Deputies responded to a 911 call of an altercation between Sulpizio and neighbors.

      When they entered the home, investigators said Sulpizio, her husband Michael and two daughters Cheyenne and Savannah opened fire.

      Investigators said the four were heavily armed and waiting.

      The event took place in early August, but by the end of the month, Jefferson had filed a power of attorney on Sulpizio, and asked Gerber to pay out in September.

      The life insurance company said Jefferson has never been a beneficiary of the two girls' policies and that the state "slaying statute" may prevent her from receiving the money.

      The court is expected to decide whether the funds will be paid out.