Bodycam, surveillance video shed light on local murders; police say suspect, 25, was possibly targeting older gay men

New video provides killer clues months after a gruesome murder inside a Miami Beach apartment that led to a young man s arrest in what police described as a crime spree that left two men dead Miami Beach Police discovered the body of -year-old Carlos Alonso Villaquiran face down in a bathtub inside Apartment at Pennsylvania Ave Nov Officer-worn body cameras rolled as police investigated the crime scene Bent over in the tub one officer advised another This death or as first responders referred to it was later labeled a murder Standing post on the examination an officer is heard saying in bodycam video Detectives determined the cause to be strangulation A manhunt resulted in the arrest of -year-old Zsolt Zsolyomi months later Investigators commented the suspect was seen on surveillance video entering and exiting the apartment multiple times one day before police revealed the body of Villaquiran who lived there Police noted the victim and Zsolyomi were romantically involved but before the killing there was a pattern of abuse Detectives reviewed Villaquiran s phone where they detected pictures of him with a black eye along with messages discussing the abuse At this point police were working the episode but hadn t yet arrested anyone A couple months after the South Beach murder City of Miami Police responded to scene of a homicide at an apartment complex near Northwest th Avenue and Second Street It s terrible yeah It s really really dangerous reported an area resident It was this later matter that led detectives to Zsolyomi The suspect strangled the driver and then staged the conveyance crash in an attempt to cover up for the homicide reported Miami Police Chief Manny Morales An arrest warrant states Zsolyomi s fingerprints from the Miami scene allowed detectives to connect him to the Miami Beach crime Zsolyomi is a Hungarian citizen that had come to the country sometime last year overstayed and was already in our system ready to be deported declared Morales It appears now that the connection between the murders might be that he was targeting the elderly gay population The suspect stood before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy S Glazer on Feb I m going to hold you with no bond on each occurrence where you are charged with two second-degree murder she reported He is the epitome of evil announced Miami Beach Police Chief Wayne Jones Zsolyomi s trial is pending His next court appearance is scheduled for September