{"id":392177,"date":"2026-09-06T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392177\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T14:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T14:30:13","slug":"36-year-old-man-accused-of-fatally-stabbing-mother-at-brickell-apartment-appears-in-court-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392177\/","title":{"rendered":"36-year-old man accused\u00a0of fatally stabbing mother at Brickell apartment appears in court &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; A 36-year man was charged with second-degree murder after he was accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/man-arrested-after-stabbing-mother-at-brickell-high-rise-police-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">fatally stabbing his mother at a high-rise condominium<\/a> in Miami\u2019s Brickell neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirty-six-year-old Stefano Cremasco-Cicero appeared before a judge in a Miami-Dade court after being arrested on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to an arrest report, Miami Police Department officers arrived at the building and found Cremasco-Cicero in the lobby with \u201cblood on his shoes, hands and clothing.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report said that Cremasco-Cicero told police, \u201cI was defending myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents and locals shared their thoughts after the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLogically, doesn\u2019t make sense to me, you know,\u201d said resident Michael Burgos. \u201cYour mom is your mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSaw four cops and a body with a pool of blood,\u201d said resident Zach Karson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators said that when officers went to the 47th floor of the apartment, they found a woman behind the entry door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report said that the woman, later identified by police as Cremasco-Cicero\u2019s mother, was lying on her side, and was \u201ccovered in blood and suffering from multiple apparent stab wounds.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victim was then pronounced dead on the scene, and the report says that detectives found \u201cseveral kitchen knives with blood residue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other residents shared their shock after finding out what happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think people are just kind of a little bit jolted by the fact that this happened so close to home,\u201d said resident Ashley Floyd.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s tragic, it\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d said another resident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Miami Police Department officials, surveillance video shows Cremasco-Cicero entering an elevator around 4:30 on Friday with bloodstained shoes and holding a knife, where he later walked out of the building while on the phone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After going back into the building, the arrest report said that he asked a woman delivering food to call 911, where she spoke with dispatchers using his phone. He then refused to take the phone back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also said that investigators spoke with Cremasco-Cicero\u2019s wife, who was in Paris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She told them that the victim was visiting from Mexico and was staying with the defendant, and that her and her husband \u201cwere not close since the divorce of the defendant\u2019s parents,\u201d according to the arrest report.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report said that he was \u201cunder a lot of stress due to the opening of a new restaurant in Coconut Grove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7News previously spoke with Cremasco-Cicero about his other restaurant, 1986 Steak House, in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, residents are still thinking about what happened in the place that they call home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not normal. It\u2019s not normal,\u201d said a resident. \u201cEveryone was shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cremasco-Cicero also has an immigration and pre-trial detention hold.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. 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