Jury convicts North Fort Myers man in '23 stomping death
A jury found a North Fort Myers man guilty Thursday of punching and stomping a man to death last year, the State Attorney's Office reports.
On April 8, 2023, Cape Cora police said a person driving a Chevy Suburban to Cape Coral Hospital dropped an unresponsive man off who had a significant head injury.
Rey Enrique Olivo, 27, faces life in prison for second-degree murder. Sentencing is June 24.
Police identified the SUV's driver and he gave a statement that indicated the crime occurred in the 2200 block of Griffin Lane, North Fort Myers, with the Lee County Sheriff's Office taking over the investigation.
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Witnesses told detectives that Olivo and the man had a fight, with Olivo punching him and knocking him out. Olivo then stomped on the man's head more than a dozen times before a witness intervened, pushing him off the man.
Olivo then fled.
A second witness took him to the hospital and said the man never regained consciousness, but clinched his hands and moaned.
He provided a statement about finding the man unresponsive and left the hospital before an officer arrived.
The victim died at the hospital.
Olivo has remained jailed on a $100,000 bond since his April. 13, 2023, arrest.
Stacey Henson is the live breaking news and visuals editor for the Naples Daily News and Fort Myers News-Press. You may reach her at shenson@gannett.com.
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