{"id":1473,"date":"2026-06-06T18:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2026-06-06T18:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:01:21","slug":"wound-that-will-never-heal-family-of-slain-doral-real-estate-agent-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1473","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wound that will never heal.\u2019 Family of slain Doral real estate agent speaks out"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The family members of South Florida Realtor Melanie Hyer and her two young daughters say they are shattered after the three were killed in their Doral home at the hands of the children\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1471\">Ride-service driver and passenger are shot in Miami, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Hyer and her daughters, Savannah Whiten, 11, and Sienna Whiten, 8, were stabbed to death inside their home in the Doral Isles gated community after officers arrived to do a welfare check.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>According to detectives with the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office, the girls\u2019 father, Ryan Whiten, killed Hyer and the children before taking his own life. Authorities said all four had knife wounds.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRyan Whiten\u2019s actions have shattered our family in ways that words cannot express,\u201d Melanie\u2019s mother, Jill Hyer, sister Corry Hyer, and ex-husband Alvin Jaramillo wrote in a joint statement to the Miami Herald.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The family said Hyer and Whiten were never married. Although Whiten had previously lived in the same gated community, he was not residing with Hyer and the children at the time of the killings.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Whiten had a history of drug abuse, the family said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelanie had full custody of the children with visitation by Ryan, who for a time lived in the same development,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Although Hyer and Jaramillo were divorced, the family said he remained \u201cone of her closest and most devoted friends until the day she was taken from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Woman of extraordinary warmth\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Originally from New York, she specialized in probate real estate and sold more than 1,000 properties across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. Her sales included single-family homes, condominiums, shopping centers and commercial properties.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was brilliant,\u201d Hyer\u2019s friend and real estate colleague Kim Rodstein told the Miami Herald on Friday. \u201cShe had a really great business mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: \u2018Tremendous loss.\u2019 Prominent South Florida real estate agent had giving nature<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1470\">Woman whose body was found on Hollywood Beach had been hit by a boat: FWC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The two met 15 years ago when Rodstein joined Keller Williams Realty, where Hyer worked, in Miami Beach.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Hyer was deeply involved in the community and belonged to several organizations, including 100+ Women Who Care Miami Beach, an \u201calliance of local philanthropic women supporting nonprofits in Miami-Dade,\u201d which Rodstein co-founded.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She also supported Dade Legal Aid, which provides free legal services to low-income residents.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelanie was a visionary leader, dedicated advocate, and steadfast supporter of the legal community,\u201d Dade Legal Aid wrote in a statement to the Herald. \u201cMelanie\u2019s impact extended far beyond her professional accomplishments; she was a driving force behind initiatives that strengthened the legal profession and expanded access to justice throughout South Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She organized the annual Probate Holiday Party with the Miami-Dade Bar Probate &amp; Guardianship Committee, which raised funds and collected toys for families. In 2025, she received Dade Legal Aid\u2019s Pro Bono Service Award for Exemplary Service to the Community.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>According to Dade Legal Aid, Hyer also played a key role in launching the Elder Law Committee of the Miami-Dade Bar, creating opportunities for attorneys to collaborate, learn and advocate for some of the community\u2019s most vulnerable residents.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Savannah and Sienna attended Downtown Doral Charter School. Principal Jeannette Acevedo-Isenberg shared the following statement with the Herald: \u201cOur community is mourning the loss of two of our beloved students. Our heartfelt sympathies are with their families, friends, faculty and staff at our schools. These students will be deeply missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The girls and their mother were also active members of the Doral Field Hockey Club community, according to a Facebook post from the official USA Field Hockey account.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMelanie was a woman of extraordinary warmth and fierce devotion to her daughters. Savannah and Sienna were joyful, bright, beloved girls who had their entire lives ahead of them. The loss of all three of them \u2014 violently, without warning \u2014 is a wound that will never heal,\u201d Hyer\u2019s family said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1469\">Rishi Kapoor\u2019s fraud victims will likely get very little of their money back<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of Realtor Melanie Hyer and daughters Savannah and Sienna speak after the fatal stabbing in their Doral Isles home at the hands of Ryan Whiten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Wound that will never heal.\u2019 Family of slain Doral real estate agent speaks out - 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