{"id":186245,"date":"2026-03-10T21:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/186245\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:16:07","slug":"miami-man-named-suspect-in-2024-slaying-of-wellington-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/186245\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami man named suspect in 2024 slaying of Wellington nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 17-month investigation ended in handcuffs Tuesday as deputies nabbed a Miami man accused of the roadside slaying of a 35-year-old Wellingon nurse.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred on October 28, 2024, when deputies from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> responded to the 6100 block of Lyons Road in suburban Lake Worth at 10:20 p.m. following reports of an unresponsive woman. <\/p>\n

The victim, later identified as 35-year-old Linda Campitelli, was found lying by the side of the road and was pronounced dead upon the deputies\u2019 arrival.<\/p>\n

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A 17-month investigation ended in handcuffs Tuesday as deputies nab a Miami man accused of the roadside slaying of a 35-year-old Wellingon nurse. (AXIS)<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, nearly a year and a half after the incident, investigators concluded that her death was not accidental but appeared to be the result of a homicide.<\/p>\n

See also: Third suspect arrested in armed robbery at Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Wellington home<\/a><\/p>\n

The investigation identified the suspect as 38-year-old Rene J. Perez, who was arrested Tuesday in Miami.<\/p>\n

Deputies say Perez was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail<\/a> for counts of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon and tampering with physical evidence.<\/p>\n

His first appearance is scheduled for Wednesday, per PBSO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 17-month investigation ended in handcuffs Tuesday as deputies nabbed a Miami…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-186245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186245","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=186245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}