Police have arrested a Miami man they say killed his aunt and dumped her headless body which was found at a Hialeah recycling plant earlier this week.
Edwin Ramirez-Mejia, 27, was booked into a Miami-Dade jail early Thursday morning and charged with two counts including second-degree murder and abuse of a human body.
The body, which police later confirmed was Ramirez-Mejia’s aunt, 36-year-old Silvia Castillo, was found decapitated at a recycling plant in the 4200 block of Northwest 37th Court on Monday.
According to an arrest report, Ramirez-Mejia and Castillo got into an argument at his Miami apartment last Friday. Ramirez-Mejia told police the victim grabbed a knife, leading to a struggle between the two before he stabbed her with the knife several times, the report said.
He later took Castillo into a bathroom, cutting off her head before disposing of it and the body in separate garbage bags and placing them in front of his apartment, the report said.
Police notified Ramirez-Mejia of their investigation and he spoke with officers, allegedly changing his story several times before confessing, according to the report.
Officials said they are still searching for the rest of the woman's remains.
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"Based on everything they looked through on Monday the head wasn't found," Hialeah Police Sgt. Eddie Rodriguez said.
Ramirez-Mejia was booked into jail where he was being held without bond Thursday, records showed. Attorney information wasn't available.
