Murder suspect Zsolt Zsolyomi’s strange, twisted timeline from entry in U.S. to arrest
The strange and twisted timeline of Zsolt Zsolyomi, from his entry into the U.S., until he was taken into custody 28 months later:
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* 10/2/22: Zsolyomi enters the U.S. from Hungary on a 90-day visa waiver
* 1/1/23: The waiver expires. Zsolyomi is not heard from
* 4/18/24: Zsolyomi is charged with petit theft by the Broward Sheriff’s Office. His immigration status is not questioned
* 7/16/24: He’s charged with Strong-armed robbery for stealing $50 from a woman on Miami Beach
* 9/6/24: Zsolyomi is taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He’s transferred to the Krome Detention Center, fitted with an ankle monitor and released under the Alternatives Detention Program — despite overstaying his visa waiver.
* 9/19/24: Homeland Security’s Intensive Supervision Appearance Program alerts ICE that Zsolyomi’s monitor has been tampered with.
* 9/25/24: Zsolyomi’s case is referred to ICE’s Fugitive Operations Unit. The same day the state drops the strong-arm robbery charge against him.
* 11/21/24: The next time Zsolyomi is spotted is on a security camera at the Miami Beach apartment of Carlos Villaquiran, 66, who’s found strangled in his bathtub, face-down in six inches of water. He’s also identified later that evening running away from a crash that involved Villaquiran’s stolen SUV.
* 1/19/25: Despite police suspicions about the Miami Beach murder, Zsolyomi isn’t spotted again until the murder of Rodolfo Fernandez de Velasco, found strangled inside his crashed vehicle in Miami.
* 2/19/25: Zsolyomi is finally taken into custody by Miami Police in the city’s downtown corridor. He didn’t put up a fight. He’s been at the Turner Guilford Knight correctional center since and prosecutors and jailers say he will be tried in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
This story was originally published March 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM.
