NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Two people were arrested after police said they burglarized the Coral Gables home of a married couple who were killed in a helicopter crash in Kenya while on vacation.
According to a Coral Gables Police arrest report, the couple, Adam Hlavaty and Henry Parra, left for vacation Aug. 12 and arranged for their housekeeper to check on their home daily.
Police said both homeowners were killed in an accident Aug. 19.
Investigators said the home remained intact following their deaths, but sometime between Aug. 20 and Aug. 22, burglars entered the residence, ransacked it and stole personal and business documents, jewelry, electronics and artwork.
Police said a 2023 Land Rover Range Rover and a 2020 Porsche Taycan were also stolen from the home.
The housekeeper discovered the burglary when she returned Aug. 23, according to the report.
Investigators tracked a stolen MacBook and the Range Rover to the area of a home along Northwest 195th Terrace.
Officers later found both stolen vehicles nearby.
Officers obtained a search warrant and found 24-year-old Melany Perdomo in an upstairs bedroom, the report states.
Police said co-defendant Geybert Garcia attempted to hide in a second-floor bedroom closet and did not comply with officers’ commands.
During the search, investigators said they recovered documents belonging to the victims, the Range Rover’s key fob and several valuable pieces of artwork.
Among the recovered property was a sculpture valued at more than $500,000, according to the report.
Police also said they found multiple identification documents and items consistent with producing or altering fraudulent identification.
Perdomo and Garcia were arrested and charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling, grand theft of a vehicle and first-degree grand theft of property valued at more than $100,000.
In bond court on Wednesday, Paul Basile, Garcia’s attorney, claimed he had a document giving him permission to enter the home.
“It’s notarized and signed by three other individuals granting him permission to have possession of those vehicles as well as granting him permission to enter the premises,” said Basile.
But Lauren Bailey, a longtime friend of the victims, took the stand to say the duo didn’t have permission to enter the couple’s home.
“They would’ve never done so. They had other people. They had a live-in maid that comes to the house every day. There would be no need to do such a thing,” she said.
Bailey also pleaded with Judge Mindy S. Glazer against giving the suspects bond.
“The house was damaged, broken into. The door was destroyed. They broke the camera which we gave the prosecutor photos of that. They also caused thousands of dollars in damage by breaking into the home,” she said. “His family came from Indiana and came home to a house that had been broken into and had their things stolen. They are there staying in the house and they don’t feel comfortable if you let this person go.”
Ultimately, Perdomo and Garcia were denied bond.
The pair appeared for a status hearing Thursday morning with family members of the victims present.
They have another hearing set for September.
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