Man follows Homestead woman home, stabs her in head

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – A 24-year-old guy was once arrested this week on fees of tried homicide and armed housebreaking after he adopted a woman house after which stabbed her in the head, Homestead police mentioned.

The housebreaking and stabbing have been reported in a while after 3:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 3700 block of Northeast tenth Court.

According to the suspect’s arrest file, surveillance video presentations {that a} safety guard allowed Jose Armel Saavedra, of Miami, thru the principle gate of the complicated after the sufferer, who was once arriving house after an evening out with her girlfriends.

Police mentioned Saavedra wasn’t ready to get thru a 2d gate to the woman’s subdivision so he left his car on the gate and compelled his method thru it.

According to the file, surveillance video from close by houses display him strolling towards the sufferer’s house.

The sufferer advised police that she positioned her handbag down on a settee when she arrived house and became round to near the entrance door when she noticed Saavedra status within her space.

Police mentioned Saavedra started punching the woman at the proper facet of her face and during her frame, and stabbed her in the head a couple of instances.

The sufferer’s husband, who was once napping, was once woke up through his spouse’s screams. Police mentioned he yelled out at Saavedra when he noticed him attacking his spouse and Saavedra ran out the entrance door.

According to the arrest file, a detective identified Saavedra in the surveillance video as an individual who he had up to now bought footwear from on OfferUp.

Detectives then went to Saavedra’s house and his mom known her son in the surveillance video, government mentioned.

Police mentioned Saavedra denied that he was once the individual noticed in the video and denied being in the town of Homestead when the assault came about.

As of Friday, Saavedra was once being held with out bond on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

“Mr. Saavedra has pleaded not guilty, and looks forward to defending his case in court,” his legal professional, Carter Hillstrom, advised Local 10 News in an e mail.