Retired nurse found 'eviscerated on the floor' after kicking out 19-year-old roommate for not paying rent: Police

A retired caregiver successful Florida who opened his doorway to a 19-year-old was allegedly murdered by the teen aft helium kicked him retired of his home.

Julian Trevino, 19, was arrested connected Monday and charged with a heap of felonies successful transportation with the homicide of 67-year-old John Torneo. During a press conference, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd provided details astir what led up to Trevino's apprehension and however instrumentality enforcement came upon the grisly scene astatine Torneo's location successful Davenport, Florida.

According to Judd, a lawman responded to a telephone from 1 of Torneo's neighbors, who said helium had not seen Torneo successful a fewer days. When the lawman arrived, the neighbour said that Torneo had been letting Trevino unrecorded successful his location since September but kicked him retired past week.

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The neighbour told constabulary that according to Torneo, Trevino had not been paying rent oregon helping retired astir the house. On Dec. 10, Torneo told Trevino to battalion up and leave. The neighbour had a cardinal to Torneo's home, and erstwhile the lawman arrived, she tracked down Torneo's conveyance arsenic it traveled south. Judd said that the lawman incorrectly determined that Torneo was not location astatine the time.

The lawman cleared the call. After the neighbour went home, helium continued to effort to interaction Torneo but had nary luck. When helium and a fewer much acrophobic neighbors went to Torneo's location and went inside, they recovered Torneo "dead, disemboweled, eviscerated connected the floor."

After the sheriff's bureau began its investigation, it tracked down Torneo's recognition paper aft Trevino allegedly utilized it astatine a Circle K store. Judd said Trevino past allegedly utilized 1 of Torneo's cards "at the pizza edifice [where] helium worked arsenic a dishwasher." Judd made a ace astatine Trevino's expense, saying, "Helen Keller could person followed the leads this feline left. This is what we telephone a slow-pitch investigation."

The probe continued arsenic deputies tracked down Torneo's stolen car. At 4:42 a.m. connected Monday, deputies saw Trevino get into Torneo's car, and they approached him to instrumentality him into custody. Trevino allegedly took disconnected successful the stolen car. He yet crashed and allegedly attempted to flight connected foot. Deputies caught up with him rapidly and placed him nether arrest.

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Judd stated that portion Trevino was successful custody, helium admitted to the alleged murder. According to Judd, Trevino told police, "I was truly aggravated erstwhile helium enactment maine retired of the house. And present I'm having to unrecorded successful a shed by a friend's house. I didn't privation to spell distant from my girlfriend."

Trevino allegedly told constabulary that connected Sunday, helium broke into Torneo's location done a bath model and hid successful a closet. When helium thought Torneo had settled in, helium allegedly stole Torneo's currency and recognition cards. Torneo reportedly woke up and recovered Trevino successful his house, past told him, "You're not expected to beryllium here." Trevino allegedly shoved Torneo onto his furniture past went to the room to get a knife. After allegedly stabbing Torneo, Trevino got a vessel of vino retired of the cooler successful Torneo's chamber and "beat him successful the caput with it to marque definite helium was dead," authorities say.

Trevino allegedly told constabulary that helium took the weapon and the vessel with him erstwhile helium near Torneo's location and threw some alleged execution weapons successful a creek. Both items were recovered.

Trevino was charged with 14 felonies and 7 misdemeanors successful transportation with Torneo's death, including first-degree murder. He is being held astatine the South County Jail without bond. His arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 20, 2026.