A pair of teens
admitted to binding, gagging and beating a 76-year-old man before covering his head with a grocery bag and rolling his body into a Davie canal, according to police reports released Monday.
Corey David Weintraub and
Andarly Desir, both 19, were arrested Friday in the murder of 76-year-old William Norman, Davie Police said.
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When officers arrived, they found
a plastic grocery bag tied tightly with a cord around Norman's neck and duct tape covering his mouth, the affidavits said. He had
several lacerations to his forehead and his left eye was black and blue and swollen shut.
Several items were found nearby, including a blanket, towel, tarp and piece of carpet. A cardboard box addressed to Norman's home in Tampa was also found floating nearby.
When police searched Norman's name, they found a second address in Tamarac. Detectives went to the home and stayed there to make sure no one entered the home, the affidavits said.
Around 10 a.m. on July 6, detectives spotted a man and woman leaving the home and getting into a car owned by Norman. When police stopped the car, they found Weintraub inside.
When detectives interviewed Weintraub, he confessed taking part in the binding, gagging and beating of Norman and implicated Desir, the affidavit said. He said that after Norman died, he and Desir wrapped the body in a blanket and piece of carpet, put him in the trunk of his car and drove to the canal where they rolled his body into the water, the affidavits said.
Also on July 6, Desir was caught on a surveillance camera at a Bank of America trying to use Norman's bank card to make an inquiry into a savings account, the affidavits said.
Later that day, Desir was arrested when he entered Norman's house in Tamarac, the affidavits said. He also admitted to the binding, gagging and beating of Norman, according to the affidavit.
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