{"id":2604,"date":"2026-06-05T04:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=2604"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:06:32","slug":"plant-city-quadruple-murder-guns-blood-swabs-among-evidence-seized-from-victims-home-search-warrant-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tampamovingjournal.com\/?p=2604","title":{"rendered":"Plant City quadruple murder: Guns, blood swabs among evidence seized from victims’ home; search warrant says"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLANT CITY, Fla.<\/strong> – <\/span>A month ago, a mother, Hailey Dempsey, her two young children and Hailey’s mother, Valerie Deboe, were found shot to death in Plant City, which has left the community shaken and angered because a suspect has not yet been identified or charged.<\/p>

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A newly released search warrant reveals how their bodies were found, as well as pieces of evidence removed from Hailey’s and her husband Jay Dempsey\u2019s home, including firearms, ammunition and blood swabs.<\/p>

Plant City murder investigation<\/h2>
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What we know:<\/p>

Shortly before 8:00 a.m. on May 3, Plant City police responded to West Tever Street after getting a 911 call about someone screaming in the area.<\/p>

In the yard, close to the fence, they found Hailey Dempsey with a gunshot wound to her head, lying on top of one of her children, who was covered in blood.<\/p>

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Hailey\u2019s second child was lying next to her, also with a gunshot wound to the head. Her third child, who was unharmed, was lying on top of her.<\/p>

Surveillance footage<\/h2>

Dig deeper:<\/p>

The warrant explains before their deaths, surveillance footage captured the family knocking on a neighbor’s door and leaving when they couldn’t get an answer. Audio captured the children crying.<\/p>

In the warrant, we learn that on May 1 \u2014 two days before the shooting \u2014 Hailey had called the police because she was involved in a domestic disturbance with Jay. It doesn’t go into any detail as far as what happened or what the result was.<\/p>

After discovering that Hailey was the same woman who’d made the 911 call days prior, detectives went to Hailey and Jay’s home, where her mother Valerie Deboe’s car was located.<\/p>

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Detectives spoke to Valerie’s husband, Kirby Deboe, who said his wife went to Hailey’s house to help her move, but he hadn’t heard from her in a while.<\/p>

Inside the home, on the second floor, they found Valerie dead with a gunshot wound to the head.<\/p>

Search warrant evidence<\/h2>

The search warrant details the pieces of evidence that were taken from the home, including:<\/p>