Death investigation underway in Port Richey neighborhood: Deputies

PORT RICHEY, Fla. - A death investigation is underway in the Newell Drive area of Port Richey, the Pasco County Sheriff's Office said. 

A large law enforcement presence is in the Gulf Highlands subdivision where crime scene tape is up near a home. 

Deputies have not released many details surrounding the death, but they said the investigation is ongoing. 

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Pictured: The scene of a death investigation in a Port Richey neighborhood.

FOX 13 spoke to a neighbor who said she saw two people come out of the home distraught. Those who live nearby said a child may have been involved. 

"First I heard the gentleman, and he was screaming ‘No, no, no!’ and then he sat down in the middle of the road, and then I heard a woman came out, and she was screaming ‘I want her back, I just want her back,’" the neighbor said.

Neighbors also said they've seen law enforcement at the home before.