Jul 7, 2008 11:32 pm US/Eastern
Police Investigate UM Student's Murder
Student Identified As Edward Pieron
SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE (CBS4) ―
A man found dead inside a home in a quiet South Miami-Dade neighborhood over the weekend has been identified as University of Miami student.
Miami Dade police said a friend found Eddie Pieron, of Woodland Hills, California, lying in a pool of blood inside a home in the 8-thousand block of Southwest 62 Place when she went to check on him Sunday afternoon.
Pieron, who was a biology student at UM, said on his MySpace page that he enjoyed drinking, smoking, parties and working out.
Pieron and his roommates had a party on Friday, the 4th of July, but neighbors said there was nothing unusual about it.
"They were shooting fireworks in the street and in the back, it was the 4th of July, pretty expected I guess," said neighbor Justin Woodward.
Pieron also wrote on his MySpace page that he liked doing new things. On Friday, July 4th, he got to do that as he turned 21 years old and got to drink legally for the first time.
Neighbors watched Sunday evening as police hazardous materials crews removed blood-stained furniture from the home.
The woman who discovered his body told police she was supposed to get together with Pieron Saturday afternoon, but he never showed up. When she went to check on him, she found his body inside the house. She ran to a nearby house and told neighbors to call 911.
Richard Silva, new to the neighborhood, placed the call.
"When we answered the door there was a young girl there saying she needed some help," he said. "She could borrow a phone, her friend was bleeding. I told my wife to grab the First-Aid kit and follow me."
Silva did not realize how seriously the man had been wounded.
"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."
Investigators returned to the home Monday after several small vials filled with liquid were found in the yard. People have not said what type of liquid was contained in the vials.
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