PORT ST. LUCIE, FL - A Florida man, Omarion Ivory, 18, of Port St. Lucie, was arrested Wednesday for the murder of 67-year-old Francis Gennace. Police have stated that they believe Ivory's arrest may have stopped a potential serial killer cold.
As reported by WFLA, a spokesman for the Port St. Lucie Police Department said that Ivory was arrested while already in custody at the St. Lucie Jail where he was incarcerated in connection with a prior arrest on September 20th. PSLPD Assistant Chief Leo Niemczyk told reporters, "We may have had an undetected serial killer in the works."
On September 12th, Police were alerted to perform a welfare check on Gennace after he failed to report for work for several days. They found the man dead, having suffered a horrific attack with 45 stab wounds to his head and neck, per the arrest report. A four-inch knife was found at the scene. Police said another knife was found in his bedroom, but they are uncertain where it came from.
Gennace's wife was out fo town at the time and he seemed to be preparing a meal when he answered his door and was brutally attacked. Investigators reported no signs of forced entry.
The outlet wrote that law enforcement conducted a detailed review of over 600 hours of surveillance footage from the neighboring homes and found that Ivory was seen, potentially casing the area four days before, and then leaving after about 30 minutes. Eight days after the police found Gennace, Ivory was arrested while banging on the windows of a woman's home while armed with a hammer. He reportedly fled from police on a bicycle before being apprehended. According to officials, the woman lived alone.
Niemczyk told a news conference, “All accounts lead us to believe that Mr. Ivory was probably preparing to commit a second homicide that day. A second random act and a second person not known to him. We may have had an undetected serial killer in the works.”
Once officers were able to examine Ivory's weapons, his fingerprints were found to match and blood on the hammer was confirmed as Gennace's, shoe patterns at the scene were also matched to Ivory's footwear.
"All accounts lead us to believe that Mr. Ivory was probably preparing to commit a second homicide that day, a second random act and a second person not known to him. In the past during his Baker Acts, he had made statements regarding he would kill people. It was very alarming. Now he's going to a second home, somebody he has no idea who they are and I mean, we're surmising what his intentions were but based upon what we know of our crime scene and what he had in his possession, I think it's pretty obvious what he was up to," Niemczyk explained according to CBS12.
As reported by WFLA, a spokesman for the Port St. Lucie Police Department said that Ivory was arrested while already in custody at the St. Lucie Jail where he was incarcerated in connection with a prior arrest on September 20th. PSLPD Assistant Chief Leo Niemczyk told reporters, "We may have had an undetected serial killer in the works."
On September 12th, Police were alerted to perform a welfare check on Gennace after he failed to report for work for several days. They found the man dead, having suffered a horrific attack with 45 stab wounds to his head and neck, per the arrest report. A four-inch knife was found at the scene. Police said another knife was found in his bedroom, but they are uncertain where it came from.
Gennace's wife was out fo town at the time and he seemed to be preparing a meal when he answered his door and was brutally attacked. Investigators reported no signs of forced entry.
The outlet wrote that law enforcement conducted a detailed review of over 600 hours of surveillance footage from the neighboring homes and found that Ivory was seen, potentially casing the area four days before, and then leaving after about 30 minutes. Eight days after the police found Gennace, Ivory was arrested while banging on the windows of a woman's home while armed with a hammer. He reportedly fled from police on a bicycle before being apprehended. According to officials, the woman lived alone.
Niemczyk told a news conference, “All accounts lead us to believe that Mr. Ivory was probably preparing to commit a second homicide that day. A second random act and a second person not known to him. We may have had an undetected serial killer in the works.”
Once officers were able to examine Ivory's weapons, his fingerprints were found to match and blood on the hammer was confirmed as Gennace's, shoe patterns at the scene were also matched to Ivory's footwear.
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— WPEC CBS12 News (@CBS12) October 31, 2024
"All accounts lead us to believe that Mr. Ivory was probably preparing to commit a second homicide that day, a second random act and a second person not known to him. In the past during his Baker Acts, he had made statements regarding he would kill people. It was very alarming. Now he's going to a second home, somebody he has no idea who they are and I mean, we're surmising what his intentions were but based upon what we know of our crime scene and what he had in his possession, I think it's pretty obvious what he was up to," Niemczyk explained according to CBS12.
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