Miami-Dade County

Man Facing Murder Charge in Fatal Shooting of Woman in Doral Hotel Room

Javon Alexander Washington, 21, was arrested Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the killing of 57-year-old Maritza Ceballos-Henrique, Miami-Dade Police officials said

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A man has been arrested on a murder charge in the fatal shooting of a woman inside a Doral hotel room last month, officials said.

Javon Alexander Washington, 21, was arrested Thursday on a second-degree murder charge in the killing of 57-year-old Maritza Ceballos-Henrique, Miami-Dade Police officials said.

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Ceballos-Henrique, also known as Lisa Ceballos, was found shot to death on Feb. 6 at the Extended Stay America Hotel at 8720 Northwest 33rd Street.

Police said officers found her body after responding to reports of an unresponsive woman in one of the hotel's rooms.

According to an arrest warrant, officers found a spent .40 caliber bullet casing in the room that matched casings from the scene of a Jan. 21 ShotSpotter alert.

A search of Washington's cellphone records showed his device near the scene of both the hotel murder and the ShotSpotter shooting, the warrant said.

Phone records also showed messages between Ceballos-Henrique and a phone subscribed to Washington in which they discussed meeting at her hotel room for sex, the warrant said.

Washington was being held without bond Friday, Miami-Dade jail records showed. Attorney information wasn't available.

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