A sick Florida nurse brutally beat his married ex-coworker to demise after luring her to meetup with him so the 2 lovers could possibly be “romantic” for her birthday, authorities and court docket information allege.
Rene Perez, 38, was arrested in Miami Tuesday almost a yr and a half after allegedly pummeling married mother Linda Campitelli — she sustained grotesque cranium and rib fractures earlier than being killed — in October 2024, in accordance with the Palm Seashore County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Perez was booked on first-degree homicide, lethal weapon and tampering with proof costs for the violent beatdown, in accordance with authorities.
The 2 lovers met on Oct. 28, 2024 to rejoice Campitelli’s birthday. The pair have been each married on the time and had been having an affair for roughly two years after assembly on the Wellington Regional Medical Middle, the place they each labored, in accordance with a 25-page arrest affidavit obtained by The Put up.
The day earlier than the alleged rendezvous, Campitelli messaged Perez on WhatsApp that she was feeling “a bit nervous” about their deliberate get collectively.
“I LOVE YOU, I FEEL KINDA WEIRD. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT TOMORROW. YOU’VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS FOR ME BEFORE AND I FEEL A LITTLE NERVOUS,” Campitelli wrote, in accordance with court docket papers.
Perez responded, telling Campitelli he was making an attempt to point out his romantic facet.
‘LOL, IT’S NO BIG DEAL. JUST TRYING TO SHOW U THAT I CAN BE ROMANTIC. IT PROBABLY WONT BE AS GOOD AS WHAT YOUVE DONE FOR ME,” he wrote.
Campitelli left her dwelling that evening in a crimson costume and black heels, telling her husband, John, that she was eating out along with her pals, in accordance with the affidavit.
Authorities decided that her Chevy Tahoe later arrived on the Retina Group of Florida Constructing in Wellington, the place Perez beforehand labored.
In preparation, Perez had laid down a blanket that stated “HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS OUT OF THIS WORLD,” in addition to medical sheets used to regulate odor and moisture at the back of the Tahoe with the rear seats laid flat, court docket papers stated.
At round 10:20 p.m., Campitelli’s mangled physique was found by police 50 toes away from the automotive — after a number of 911 callers reported seeing an unresponsive lady.
She suffered blunt pressure trauma to her head and torso, 4 lacerations to her scalp and a deadly accumulation of blood in her cranium, in accordance with court docket papers.
Massive swimming pools of blood trailed away from the passenger facet of the Chevy to Campitelli’s limp physique. Postmortem marks, drag and scuff marks and extreme street rash indicated that she had presumably been dragged.
Blood stains on the Tahoe’s rear driver’s facet door deal with confirmed somebody had tried to wipe blood away and Campitelli’s blood-soaked Apple Watch was discovered within the middle console, court docket paperwork revealed.
Later that night, Perez was seen on surveillance cameras strolling towards his office on the time, Delray Medical Middle — and tossing one thing unknown into the trash.
Perez claimed to cops he canceled his secret celebration with Campitelli as a result of his son was sick, although textual content messages refuted his bogus alibi.
Detectives interviewed “numerous” witnesses, wrote greater than 50 search warrants, and analyzed “a whole bunch and a whole bunch” of mobile phone knowledge to arrest Perez for the crime almost two years later, Capt. Michael Ott with the Violent Crimes Division detailed at a press convention, in accordance with WPTV.
The disgraced nurse was ordered held with out bond throughout his look in court docket Wednesday. He stays behind bars on the Palm Seashore County Jail.
