The victim tried to calm down a man who was being kicked out of a Florida motel, authorities said.
According to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office, Piero Estefano Butto-Castillo, 25, stomped and punched Robert Krucinowski, 55, at the Quality Inn in Kissimmee, Fla., on Wednesday. inflicted fatal injuries.
But Castillo had just arrived in the United States from Chile on a 90-day tourist visa on January 1st. Fox35 reportEdited
When told to leave the motel, the maniac suspect jumped off the handle while the victim tried to control his anger.
“We tried to calm the victim down, the victim was unarmed and we were just trying to de-escalate the situation,” Sheriff Marcus Lopez said at a news conference Friday, according to the report.
When sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene, they found Butt-Castillo stomping on an elderly man who had already been severely beaten.
Fox35 reported that Krushinowski was known around the motel as a longtime resident who helped motel employees with maintenance tasks.
The victim suffered severe head trauma and died at the scene.
“This brutal attack cannot go unpunished here,” Sheriff Lopez said at a news conference.
However, Castillo is being held without bail and faces charges including premeditated murder, assault on a police officer, assault and criminal mischief.
