Woman killed in Broward double murder identified. Suspect knew victims, cops say
.jpg "Police have identified the second victim of a Pembroke Pines double homicide. Both victims were found dead inside a home on Sept. 10, 2025.")
Police on Monday identified the second person found gunned down inside of a Broward home last week. The man in custody is the grandson of an elderly couple who owns the home and knew both shooting victims, law enforcement officials confirmed to the Miami Herald.
Isaiah Collins, the 27-year-old man suspected of killing Octavis Anthony Myers and Tiara Belizaire-Young, was arrested Sunday after he was shot in the arm by an off-duty Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy. He remained in the hospital in stable condition as of Monday evening, per the sheriff’s office.
Pembroke Pines police have been looking for Collins since Wednesday afternoon — after investigators found Myers’ body inside the garage of Collins’ grandmother’s home, at the 1700 block of Northwest 109th Avenue, and then Belizaire-Young’s body inside a bedroom.
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Both were shot to death, Capt. Adam Feiner, a Pembroke Pines police spokesman said.
Police have not released the victims’ ages, but noted they both knew Collins and had been staying at the grandmother’s home for at least a day. Police have not released a motive for the killings.
Myers’ body was discovered by a relative of the Collins family, Feiner said. The grandmother called the person to walk Isaiah Collins’ dog because she had been unable to reach her grandson all day. When the relative came over, they found the body and called police.
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When officers arrived, Feiner said they searched the home and found Belizaire-Young’s body. Detectives do not know exactly when they were killed.
Immediately after finding the bodies, police believed Isaiah Collins also mayve have been a victim because he often stayed at his grandmother’s home and Feiner said it was unusual for him to go a long time without contacting family members.
“We did have a general concern he my have been a crime victim,” Feiner said. While announcing the homicides, police released Collins’ photo and asked the public’s help in locating him.
Around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, an off-duty Miami-Dade deputy was at a park in Miami Gardens when he spotted Collins, who homicide investigators now viewed was a suspect — not a victim.
Miami-Dade Undersheriff Christopher Carothers said the deputy tried to talk to Collins, but he fled, dashing across Florida’s Turnpike and jumping into a canal near Northwest 192nd Street and Sunshine Parkway East.
Collins then climbed a tree; at some point, he was shot by the deputy. Though the sheriff’s office did not say when the deputy opened fire nor what led up to it.
“...There must’ve been something at the moment they realized non-compliance and there was a reason for the deputy to fire,” Carothers said.
Collins is facing two first-degree murder charges in Broward and additional charges in Miami-Dade following his capture.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the deputy-involved shooting.
This story was originally published September 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM.
