WPLG-Local 10 in South Florida is reporting that deputies have accused a 43-year-old man who was the subject of a Florida Amber Alert Sunday of kidnapping his daughter and killing her mother, grandfather, and a neighbor in Broward County.
According to Broward County Sheriff’s Office, Nathan Gingles kidnapped his 4-year-old daughter, Seraphine, on Sunday in Tamarac, after fatally shooting her 34-year-old mother, Mary Gingles; her 64-year-old grandfather, David Pozner; and her 36-year-old neighbor, Andrew Ferrin.
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On Monday, divers searched for a weapon in a nearby pond. A neighbor pointed to footprints on the ground saying the desperate mother ran door to door asking for help before the gunman killed her and Ferrin, a homeowner’s nephew.
There were crime scenes at two homes. Deputies reported finding David Pozner, the grandfather, in the back patio at 5897 North Plum Bay Parkway; and Mary Gingles, and Andrew Ferrin dead at 5888 North Plum Bay Parkway.
After issuing an Amber Alert, detectives found Nathan Gingles and his daughter Sunday afternoon at the Walmart Supercenter at 7900 West McNab Road, in North Lauderdale.
“Seraphine was located safe and unharmed, and Nathan Gingles was taken into custody,” Carey Codd, a spokesman for BSO, wrote in a statement.
Inmate records show Nathan Gingles was at the main jail on Monday morning in Fort Lauderdale facing three counts of first-degree murder, violation of an injunction of protection over domestic violence, and interference with custody of a minor.
Outside the Walmart where deputies arrested Gingles, detectives surrounded a parked 2016 silver BMW X3 with a Texas license plate that had been included in the Amber Alert.
A small line at the bottom of the license plate read, “U.S. Army Honorably Discharged.”
Broward County court records show three cases filed in family court last year involved the Gingles and a connection to military service.
There was domestic violence after service case filed on Feb. 9, 2024, in family court. Mary Gingles was the petitioner. The case closed on July 10.
There was a dissolution of marriage case pending filed on Feb. 20, 2024, involving a subpoena to the Navy Federal Credit Union and a mention of both receiving military benefits.
There was a second domestic violence after service case filed on Dec. 20 that was also pending and included Mary Gingles’s petition for protection, which the judge granted on Jan. 22.
Court records in the cases show Mary Gingles reported working as an IT support specialist for a law firm and Nathan Gingles for General Dynamics.
Attorneys for the two had been scheduled to meet again for a hearing on March 19. Detectives were investigating Monday how the conflict ended in tragedy.
This is a developing story. The full story can be read on Local10.com, which can be found here.
