Police in Miami Beach, Florida, have arrested a suspect accused of beating a transgender woman to death outside the Miami City Ballet building.
The person, identified in police reports as 53-year-old Gregory Gibert, is currently charged with second-degree murder and was on probation for armed robbery and aggravated assault at the time of the alleged murder, according to jail records. It was inside. Early Tuesday morning.
According to an arrest report obtained by FOX News Digital, the victim, identified as Andrea Doria Dos Passos, 37, arrived outside the Miami City Ballet building around midnight and ran into the building near the entrance. He was seen on surveillance footage arriving before he was laid to rest. It says Gibert then appeared and began investigating the area, after which he recovered “some type of metal pipe from the ground.”
“At one point, the man is sitting on a bench near the victim with a metal pipe in his hand, and the video then shows the man approach the victim while he is sleeping and begin to beat him with the metal pipe. It was reflected.” [in] He struck him multiple times in the head and face,” police wrote.
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Gregory Gibert was taken into custody after he was assaulted to death outside the Miami City Ballet building, police said. (Miami-Dade County Correction/Google Maps)
The suspect reportedly disposed of the weapon in a nearby trash can and fled the scene before Miami City Ballet staff discovered his body the next morning.
Police said they identified Gibert based on his physical characteristics and a mug shot from a previous arrest.
They were able to track down the man who was wearing the same clothes in the surveillance footage at one of the known addresses, including shoes and shoes that had “what appeared to be bloodstains on both.” Shorts were also included.
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Miami Beach Police told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that they are working closely with the State Attorney’s Office in the murder investigation. (Miami Beach Police Department)
Investigators also said in the report that the victim changed her name and gender in October 2023.
The motive for the killing is unknown. Giber’s bond has not yet been set.
Headquarters of the Miami Beach Police Department in Miami Beach, Florida. (Google Maps)
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A Miami Beach Police Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Wednesday, “This is still an open investigation and we are committed to working closely with the State Attorney’s Office as the judicial process evolves.” Told.
