{"id":376593,"date":"2026-08-20T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376593\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:44:11","slug":"suspect-charged-years-after-miami-dade-mans-body-found-wrapped-in-blanket-with-stab-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376593\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect charged years after Miami-Dade man\u2019s body found wrapped in blanket with stab wounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 A suspect has been criminally charged, years after a man was found stabbed to death in northeast Miami-Dade, with his body wrapped in a blanket, authorities announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/20\/acusan-a-sospechoso-anos-despues-de-hallar-cuerpo-de-hombre-de-miami-dade-envuelto-en-manta-y-con-heridas-de-arma-blanca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/08\/20\/acusan-a-sospechoso-anos-despues-de-hallar-cuerpo-de-hombre-de-miami-dade-envuelto-en-manta-y-con-heridas-de-arma-blanca\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Deputies said Itiaba Ekong, 36, is charged with first-degree felony murder, burglary with an assault and\/or battery and grand theft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to authorities, MDSO deputies with the Intracoastal District responded to the area of Northeast 199th Street and 10th Avenue at about 10:20 p.m. on Feb. 4, 2021, to conduct a welfare check and found an unresponsive man wrapped in a blanket.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The man, identified as Lenoris Henry Marlowe, 45, had stab wounds on his body and was pronounced dead at the scene by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cFor over five years, detectives worked tirelessly to uncover what happened and bring justice to the victim\u2019s friends and family,\u201d MDSO officials said in a news release. \u201cThrough investigative means, detectives identified the subject as Mr. Itiaba Ekong. Mr. Ekong admitted to detectives that he stabbed the victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Court records show Ekong is already serving a life sentence for another case in which he was convicted of armed robbery. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Records show he has a lengthy criminal history involving convictions for crimes such as burglary, grand theft, simple battery, armed robbery and trafficking in stolen property. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A motive for the 2021 stabbing has not been confirmed by detectives.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 A suspect has been criminally charged, years after a man was found stabbed to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-376593","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\/376593","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=376593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}