{"id":178541,"date":"2026-03-05T00:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/178541\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:03:07","slug":"update-suspect-arrested-victim-identified-in-seffner-homicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/178541\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Suspect Arrested, Victim Identified in Seffner Homicide"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UPDATE:<\/p>\n

UPDATE: March 4, 2026<\/p>\n

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested and charged the person responsible for stabbing a man to death early Sunday morning in Seffner.<\/p>\n

On March 1, 2026, our 911 Dispatch Center received a call at 12:22 a.m. regarding an altercation in the 6400 block of Black Dairy Road.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, deputies found Aroshan De Silva, 50, suffering from upper body trauma. De Silva was transported to a nearby hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n

During the course of the investigation, detectives identified Natasha Nelson, 34, as the suspect. Nelson was arrested and charged with Murder in the First Degree with a Weapon (Premeditated) and Tampering with Physical Evidence for the murder of De Silva.<\/p>\n

“Thanks to the swift work of our detectives, the person responsible for this violent crime is now behind bars,”\u00a0said Sheriff Chad Chronister.\u00a0“We will not tolerate this kind of violence in our community, and we remain committed to holding those who take a life accountable.”<\/p>\n

This remains an active investigation. Any updates will be provided by the Public Affairs Office.<\/p>\n

ORIGINAL: March 1, 2026<\/p>\n

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is on scene investigating a homicide that occurred Sunday morning in Seffner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On March 1, 2026, our 911 Dispatch Center received a call at 12:22 a.m. regarding an altercation in the 6400 block of Black Dairy Road.<\/p>\n

Upon arrival, deputies found an adult male suffering from upper body trauma. The victim was transported to a nearby hospital and succumbed to his injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This remains an active investigation. Any updates will be provided by the Public Affairs Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE: March 4, 2026 The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has arrested and charged the person responsible for stabbing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-178541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}