Crime

A decomposed body of woman was found in a South Beach apartment. It was homicide, cops say

UPDATE: Son of the woman found dead in her South Beach apartment is charged with murder

A Saturday phone call about a dead person inside an apartment started a Miami Beach murder mystery with which police would like the public’s help.

What Miami Beach police say they know: The woman’s body found at 12:37 p.m. Saturday inside an apartment at 659 Meridian Ave. was “in the advanced stages of decomposition.” The Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s office has ruled the cause of death a homicide.

What they don’t know: the identity of the woman and who left or put her there and how did that person do it.

Anyone with information can call Miami Beach police at 305-673-7901 or, to stay anonymous, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 (TIPS).

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This story was originally published December 28, 2020 at 1:15 PM.

David J. Neal
Miami Herald
Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.
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