Miami Police Mum on Stabbing Death of UM Student Edward "Eddie" Pieron

July 15, 2008

Miami-Dade police are continuing to investigate the murder of 21-year-old Edward "Eddie" Pieron, a University of Miami student who was found dead in his South Miami house, one day after celebrating his 21st birthday.

Eddie's girlfriend made the horrific discovery on the afternoon of July 5, when she went to check on him after he failed to meet her for an afternoon date. When Eddie's girlfriend stepped inside the house, she found him lying motionless on the floor in a pool of blood. She immediately ran to the house of neighbor Ricardo Silva and asked him for help. Silva later described the scene to CBS4.com:

"When we answered the door there was a young girl there saying she needed some help," Silva said. "She [asked if she] could borrow a phone, her friend was bleeding. I told my wife to grab the First-Aid kit and follow me. We got to the house, she got inside the door and as I got to the door I noticed a lot of blood on the floor, some blood splatters, some bloody footprints and smears," he said. "I saw the victim, the body I guess you would say lying in a red, large pool of blood."

When investigators arrived at the house, they cordoned off the area and began the meticulous task of collecting evidence from the crime scene. What if anything was found is not yet known; however neighbors have reported seeing police remove blood-stained furniture and other items from the house.

According to neighbors, Eddie lived in the house with five other roommates. It remains unclear where they were at the time of the murder. One neighbor told the Miami Herald that there was a large party at the house on July 4 and that it was still going on at 2 a.m., when he went to bed.

The last reported sighting of Eddie was at a CVS Pharmacy in the 6400 block of South Dixie Highway, just a few blocks away from his home. According to surveillance footage from the store, Eddie made a purchase there roughly two hours before his body was found.

Investigators have released few details in the case and will only say that they are actively investigating it as a homicide. They have also declined to comment on a possible motive or a cause of death.

"We haven't gotten any information on cause of death at this time," Detective Alvaro Zabaleta, a Miami-Dade police spokesman, told ABC News. "That does not mean they don't know."

Police also won't comment on a possible connection to a May 5 incident, in which Eddie...

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