Police arrested a man accused of killing two people found dead last week inside his grandmother’s Pembroke Pines home, where the victims had been staying briefly.
Pembroke Pines Police Captain Adam Feiner said both victims — Tiara Belizaire-Young and Octavis Anthony Myers — were shot multiple times.
“The two people who were found dead were in a personal relationship with the person responsible for the murders. Beyond that, it is our understanding that they were staying there for an evening or two,” Feiner said.
Feiner added that the suspect’s grandmother may not have known the victims were in the house.
“One body we discovered in the garage and another body was located in the bedroom. The grandmother does not typically enter those two areas in the home,” he explained.
Victims discovered days later
Police believe the victims were killed a day or two before officers found them Wednesday afternoon inside the home near Taft Street and Northwest 109th Avenue.
“Investigators have not determined the motive at this point,” Feiner said.
Arrest after chase
Authorities said 27-year-old Isaiah Collins was spotted Sunday near a Miami Gardens park by an off-duty Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy.
Police reported Collins ran across the Florida Turnpike, jumped into a canal, then climbed a tree. Officers shot him in the arm after he made an erratic move, appearing to gesture toward his waistband.
“The most important message we can relate to our community and our media partners is that law enforcement captured a very dangerous individual responsible for killing two people,” Feiner said.
Investigators believe Collins acted alone. He now faces two counts of first-degree murder with a firearm.
Community reaction
Neighbors expressed shock over the allegations.
“That would be the big question: why?” asked neighbor Kathy Bunbury.
She said she has known the Collins family for years and was deeply saddened.
“I am saddened. I have known this family quite a long time. It’s heartbreaking that Mr. and Mrs. Collins would have to go through this with their grandson,” Bunbury said.
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