In late June, three Florida teenagers and a 20-year-old allegedly led a classmate to the woods near their school, where they hacked him to death with a machete—until his “face caved in”—and buried him in a shallow grave. One of the teens and the 20-year-old then had sex to celebrate, according to Miami-Dade police, before returning to the school.
The Miami Herald reports that three students from Homestead Job Corps—Kaheem Arbelo, 20, Jonathan Lucas, 18, and Christian Colon, 19—have confessed to the gruesome murder, while a fourth, Desiray Strickland, 18, has been arrested.
According to police, on the night of June 28, the four suspects lured 17-year-old Jose Amaya Guardado into the woods, where the day before they’d dug a grave. After savagely beating Guardado, they forced him into the grave. From the Herald:
“The victim made one last attempt to fight off the attackers,” the detective wrote, “at which time, [Arbelo] struck the victim with the machete several more times until the victim’s face caved in.”
The group buried Jose, then wiped blood off a nearby fence before burning the dead teen’s belongings and their own clothes. “They also got rid of the machete and the shovel,” [Miami-Dade Detective Juan] Segovia wrote.
Following Guarado’s burial, the New York Post reports that Strickland allegedly “complained that she had missed the first series of machete strikes because she had walked away for a few minutes to urinate in the woods.”
Arbelo, an alleged drug dealer at the school who police say orchestrated the murder, and Strickland then had sex in the woods near the body, according to police reports.
Lucas, Arbelo, and Colon were arrested last week and have all reportedly confessed on video. Strickland was arrested yesterday and has so far been uncooperative, allegedly head-butting an officer and carving “MPD Go to Hell” on a table. A fifth arrest is expected soon, according to police.
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The Miami Herald reports that three students from Homestead Job Corps—Kaheem Arbelo, 20, Jonathan Lucas, 18, and Christian Colon, 19—have confessed to the gruesome murder, while a fourth, Desiray Strickland, 18, has been arrested.
According to police, on the night of June 28, the four suspects lured 17-year-old Jose Amaya Guardado into the woods, where the day before they’d dug a grave. After savagely beating Guardado, they forced him into the grave. From the Herald:
“The victim made one last attempt to fight off the attackers,” the detective wrote, “at which time, [Arbelo] struck the victim with the machete several more times until the victim’s face caved in.”
The group buried Jose, then wiped blood off a nearby fence before burning the dead teen’s belongings and their own clothes. “They also got rid of the machete and the shovel,” [Miami-Dade Detective Juan] Segovia wrote.
Following Guarado’s burial, the New York Post reports that Strickland allegedly “complained that she had missed the first series of machete strikes because she had walked away for a few minutes to urinate in the woods.”
Arbelo, an alleged drug dealer at the school who police say orchestrated the murder, and Strickland then had sex in the woods near the body, according to police reports.
Lucas, Arbelo, and Colon were arrested last week and have all reportedly confessed on video. Strickland was arrested yesterday and has so far been uncooperative, allegedly head-butting an officer and carving “MPD Go to Hell” on a table. A fifth arrest is expected soon, according to police.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article31564502.html
