MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Investigators have arrested a man accused of murdering his mother at her Miami Beach apartment.
Miami Beach Police arrested 31-year-old Edwin Chow in the area of Ocean Drive and 11th Street, at around 2 a.m., Tuesday.
Chow faces a charge of second-degree murder after allegedly killing his mother in her apartment in the area of Meridian Avenue and Seventh Street.
Her body was found days later by Kim Bonanno, the building’s manager.
“I opened the door with my key to let the exterminator in,” she said on Monday. “Immediately, we both knew. There’s this terrible smell.”
Detectives identified Chow using fingerprints found at the scene.
Police said Chow confessed to killing his mother, and he used a kitchen knife to stab his mother in the chest while she was on her bed.
“When she was located, her body was already in an advanced state of decomposition,” Miami Beach Police spokesperson Ernesto Rodriguez said on Monday.
Chow has since appeared in court and was denied bond. He remains behind bars at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade.
Building management said crime tape remains on the second floor, where the victim’s apartment was.
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