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Tip in Tarpon Springs triple-homicide case leads to search for possible body in Port Richey

Tarpon Springs police, who are investigating a triple homicide from days earlier, provided the Pasco County Sheriff's Office with an address to investigate.
Credit: Bryan Farrow
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation at a home in the area of Norwood Avenue and Ranch Road.

PORT RICHEY, Fla. -- Acting on a tip from Tarpon Springs police, Pasco County investigators are now at a home where a body might have been found.

Sheriff's office deputies were seen cordoning off a house around 12:40 p.m. Friday in the area of Norwood Avenue and Ranch Road.

Detectives and a team of University of South Florida forensic anthropologists are examining the home's property.

Pasco County investigators confirmed Friday's investigation is connected to the triple homicide case in Tarpon Springs. In that case, police say suspect Shelby Svensen admitted to killing three members of his wife's family, including their dogs.

Svensen's wife, Jamie Nicole Ivancic, is missing and is believed to be in danger.

Editor's Note: Shelby Svensen is also known as Shelby John Nealy.

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