Crime & Safety
Detectives Arrest Suspect in November Homicide Case
The 49-year-old man was stabbed to death in front of his residence.
Detectives have arrested a suspect in the November stabbing death of an East Bradenton man.
Pablo Estrada, 21, was arrested on charges of homicide in the death of Juan Santiago Reyes-Tapia, 49, in front of his residence at 919 61th Ave Cir East, according to a Manatee County Sheriff's report
According to the report:
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Witnesses told detectives that unknown suspects approached Reyes-Tapia as he was getting ready to leave for work. The men questioned him about who owned the truck in the driveway.
When Reyes-Tapia said he owned the truck, the suspect stabbed him once in the chest then fled west bound on 61st Ave Cir East. Detectives found Reyes-Tapia unresponsive with a stab wound to his chest. He was taken to Blake Hospital where he died several hours later.
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Detectives spent several weeks going over witness statements and other evidence before identifying Estrada as a suspect. Detectives developed the case and charged Estrada today with homicide.
Estrada is currently incarcerated in the Manatee County Central Jail on robbery charges.
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