RIVERVIEW — She was 9. Her name was Ron'Niveya Oneal. Finally, on Friday, authorities publicly confirmed the identity of the second victim in a brutal double homicide.
Ron'Niveya was repeatedly stabbed March 18 and burned beyond recognition, according the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, which charged her own father, Ronnie Oneal III, 29.
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Oneal also fatally shot the mother of his two children, 33-year-old Kenyatta Barron, and set fire to their home at 13248 Pike Lake Dr. in the Royal Lakes subdivision of Riverview's Summerfield community, according to the Sheriff's Office.
A boy, 8-year-old Ronnie Oneal IV, was stabbed but survived.
Oneal awaits trial on two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, arson and resisting arrest. He made his first appearance in court Tuesday and was ordered held without bail.
Contact Jonathan Capriel at 813-225-3141 or jcapriel@tampabay.com. Follow @jonathancapriel.