REMEMBER Sarah
Sarah Bulat
42 YEARS OLD ·
Dunedin,
Florida
Sarah Bulat was 42 years old and worked as a registered nurse. Community memorial contributions from coworkers remember her as kind, warm, supportive, and deeply valued by the people who worked alongside her.
Community memorial information identifies Sarah as a registered nurse with BayCare Health System. Coworkers remembered her as an excellent nurse whose smile, kindness, and presence touched the people around her. These biographical details are preserved as community-contributed remembrance information.
THE RECORD
On August 25, 2025, deputies conducting a welfare check at a Dunedin home found Sarah Bulat, 42, dead from a gunshot wound. Pinellas County detectives said her boyfriend, Charles Reid Jr., killed Sarah and then died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound; suicide notes were found in the home.
RELATIONSHIP CONTEXT
Boyfriend
Available sources identify the relationship to the person responsible as boyfriend.
PATTERNS DOCUMENTED IN AVAILABLE RECORDS
These indicators reflect what could be established from available sources. Absence from this list does not establish that a behavior did not occur.
TIMELINE
Welfare check prompted
Deputies responded to the home after learning that Sarah's boyfriend had sent suicidal text messages to family members.
Sarah found deceased
During the welfare check, deputies found Sarah deceased from a gunshot wound. Investigators said they believed her boyfriend killed her before taking his own life.
LEGAL / SYSTEM RESPONSE
Deputies responded for a welfare check after Sarah’s boyfriend sent suicidal text messages to family members.
INFORMATION LIMITATIONS
Some public records may be incomplete. UNKNOWN means the available source set did not establish the indicator; it does not mean the behavior did not occur.
TRANSPARENCY / RECORD NOTE
Before deputies arrived, Charles Reid Jr. sent suicidal text messages to family members. This is documented case context, but it is not coded as The Violet Thread's Self-Harm/Suicide Threat pattern because available records do not establish that the statements were previously used to threaten, control, or coerce Sarah.
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