Richard, Nicholas and Laura Iancic
Jamie Ivancic, 21, was reported missing Friday morning by police in Tarpon Springs, Florida
Shelby John Svenson, 25, also known as Shelby Nealy
Police: Man arrested in Lakewood admits to killing Florida in-laws in triple homicide; police searching for wife
By Robin Goist
cleveland.com
LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A man arrested Thursday by Lakewood police admitted to detectives Friday that he killed his mother- and father-in-law and their son at their home in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Shelby John Svenson, 25, also known as Shelby Nealy, admitted to his involvement in the triple slaying to Tarpon Springs investigators at the Lakewood Police Department, Tarpon Springs Maj. Jeff Young said at a Friday afternoon press conference.
Investigators believe Richard Ivancic, 71, Laura Ivancic, 59, and Nicholas Ivancic, 25, were killed late in the day on Dec. 19 or Dec. 20, Young said. The family’s three dogs, all bichon frise mixed breeds named Buddy, Boomer and Bailey, were also killed.
Their bodies were in a state of advanced decomposition when authorities discovered the Tuesday in a mobile home on Juanita Way in The Meadows Mobile Home Park on the 500 block of Anclote Boulevard in Tarpon Springs, Florida, according to Bay News 9.
Neighbors reported seeing a man, with a 2- or 3-year-old child by his side, digging a ditch near the home, Young said. The man’s description matched Svenson’s description, and the child’s description matched that of one of his two children.
Police learned Svenson recently sold video games at GameStop in Palm Harbor, Florida, and made purchases at McDonald’s and Home Depot in Port Richie, Florida, Young said.
Tarpon Springs police determined that Svenson might be in the Lakewood area, Young said, but did not elaborate on what ties he had to the city. They reached out to Lakewood police who used an automated license plate reader to spot a purple 2013 Kia Sorrento registered to Laura Ivancic driving around Lakewood.
Lakewood police found the stolen SUV at a home on the 1500 block of Newman Avenue, Lakewood police Capt. Leslie Wilkins said. Officers learned Svenson was staying at the home with two children, ages 2 and 3.
The U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force, the FBI’s Northern Ohio Law Enforcement Task Force and the Westshore Enforcement Bureau SWAT team watched the home until about 7:30 p.m. when Svenson left the home and was taken into custody without incident, Malley said. The children, who were not hurt, were brought to Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services.
Svenson is being held on suspicion of receiving stolen property and a domestic violence warrant from the Broadview Heights Police Department, Malley said.
Tarpon Springs detectives were already en route to Cleveland when Svenson was arrested, Young said. They arrived around 12 a.m. Friday and interviewed Svenson, who admitted to his involvement in the murders, Young said.
Svenson did not provide any information to police about the whereabouts of his wife, 21-year-old Jamie Ivancic. She is the daughter of Richard and Laura Ivancic, and sister of Nicholas Ivancic.
Jamie Ivancic is missing under “suspicious circumstances” and is listed as an endangered missing adult, Tarpon police said.
Ivancic and Svenson were both charged with domestic violence after an Oct. 5, 2016 incident at their home on the 2700 block of West Wallings Road in Broadview Heights, according to a police report.
Paramedics brought Svenson to Parma Hospital for a psychological evaluation after he reported having suicidal thoughts, the report says. After he left, Ivancic told officers she was 16 weeks pregnant with her second child and that she got into an argument with Svenson. He also threw her against the wall and bit her left shoulder.
Ivancic suspected she suffered internal bleeding and feared she would lose her baby, according to the report. Paramedics brought her to MetroHealth where she and her baby recovered.
Svenson reported to a Parma Hospital nurse that Ivancic hit and choked him earlier in the day, police said. Officers documented his injuries and charged both him and Ivancic with domestic violence.
An officer returned to the Broadview Heights home the next day and informed Ivancic that she was also facing domestic violence charges, the report says. Ivancic told the officer she already had a domestic violence case in Parma Municipal Court that stemmed from an incident in August 2016 at a home on the 6400 block of Beverly Drive in Parma Heights, court records show.
The first domestic violence charge was dropped and Ivancic pleaded no contest to the second one, court records show. Judge Deanna O’Donnell found her not guilty on Jan. 9, 2017, records show.
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