Mom, 2 kids killed in Lutz

Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee speaks today at the scene of a murder at a Lutz mobile home park [KATHLEEN FLYNN | Times]

LUTZ -- Sheriff's investigators are interviewing a man found hiding in a Lutz mobile home where a mother and her two young children were murdered, according to sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Carter.

The 26-year-old woman and her children, a girl about to turn 3 years old and a 7-year-old boy, as well as the family's dog were found this morning in the mobile home at 1918 S Mobile Villa Drive, Carter said.

Their identities have not been released, but Sheriff David Gee said the scene inside the home is one of terrible violence.

It was an "extremely gruesome scene," Gee said. "There was evidence that a lot of violence occurred inside."

Names of the victims have not been released.

After the bodies were discovered, deputies had to wait for a search warrant to re-enter the home to process evidence, Carter said. A judge had to grant permission for the deputies to continue their criminal investigation because the home owner could not give consent for the search, she said.

The man found hiding in the home was taken to University Community Hospital, Carter said.

"We are interviewing him," she said. "At this point we have not established who he is."

The mobile home address comes back to a 26-year-old woman named Lisa Freiberg. Her parents live about a 5-minute drive from the mobile home in Lutz.

Her father, Keith Freiberg, answered the door of the house, a tidy home shaded by an oak tree on a well kept street. He was visibly upset and told a reporter that he could not comment on his daughter because he didn't want to interfere with the sheriff's investigation.

Abbie VanSickle and Jared Leone, Times staff writers