Posted on 08/14/2023 6:58:43 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A Volusia County woman suspected of killing her 79-year-old roommate allegedly doused herself in soda in an attempt to erase possible evidence on her body, according to an arrest affidavit.
She poured diet Mountain Dew all over her body when police told her they were going to collect her DNA as part of the investigation, authorities said.
Her DNA was later found on the handle of a bloody knife found lying next to the victim's body at the Daytona Beach home they shared, the affidavit stated.
Nichole Maks, 35, was booked into the Volusia County jail on Aug. 5 on charges of first-degree murder, tampering with evidence, and resisting arrest with violence, jail records show.
During the early morning hours of July 1, a Daytona Beach police officer was flagged down by a citizen regarding a fire at a home in the 600 block of Clark Street.
When firefighters arrived at the scene, they extinguished the fire and found a man lying on the floor dead. He had blunt force trauma to the back of his head and multiple stab wounds to his torso, the affidavit stated.
He was identified as 79-year-old Michael Cerasoli per a probable cause affidavit, FOX News Digital reported.
Inside the home, police found a bloody knife in the victim's bedroom near his body. There was also blood found on the wall next to Mak's bedroom closet.
An agency-wide bulletin was put out for Maks as a possible person of interest in the case.
Around 3:30 a.m., an officer found Maks at a Krystal's restaurant on N Ridgewood Avenue in Holly Hill. She had no shoes on and had blood on the side of her leg, the affidavit stated. A portion of the shirt she was wearing had been torn or cut off. That portion had blood on it, police said.
When officers approached her, she dropped a knife and a hammer she was carrying, the report stated.
Authorities said she changed her story multiple times when questioned.
She denied knowing the victim and said she was homeless. She also denied carrying the knife and hammer, the report stated.
She later admitted to being his roommate, but denied seeing him on the day he was killed and in regard to the knife and hammer – she claimed she often carried items like that, police said.
When asked about the fire, she became "agitated," refused to speak and requested an attorney, authorities said.
While escorting Maks to the patrol car, detectives informed her they would be collecting her DNA. It was then that she asked police for a drink, and they gave her a diet Mountain Dew soda.
Officers said she began to procrastinate while drinking the soda. When a detective tried to grab the soda can from her, police said Maks doused herself with it, pouring it over her body and hair, trying to interfere with possible evidence on her body. She then began "pulling and kicking officers" as they tried to secure her in the vehicle, the affidavit stated.
On July 28, the detective received the DNA results back from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) for the knife found next to the victim.
They found the DNA of the victim on the knife's blade, while Maks DNA was located on the handle of the knife, the report stated.
Maks entered a written plea of not guilty on all charges last week, according to court records.
On Sunday, Maks' attorney requested that a doctor examine her to determine her mental competence to stand trial.
She remains in Volusia County jail without bond.
Mountain Dew: works as well as bleach to wipe out evidence.
Thugs all over blue cities will be stealing all the Mountain Dew cans and bottles from store shelves.
Words to live by.
She is just doing what suburban women will legalize in a decade...
Lovely modern women.
Many are caught,
Dew is chosen.
Then there was that bank robber a few years ago ago who was surprised to have been caught, because he thought the lemon juice he had applied to his face would have made him invisible and therefore unidentifiable and even uncatchable.
Fool!! Everyone knows that you use Dr. Pepper to wash away DNA. Mountain Dew is for fingerprints.
Not too slow for a 76er. 😂👍
Diet Mountain Dew? DIET? The dedication and professionalism of hit persons has clearly deteriorated since I...wait, what forum is this?
“Wait! Does that actually WORK? Asking for a friend. ;)”
Rub a little Mountain Dew on the belly during pregnancy and the woman will pass a male child effortlessly.
1. Looks like she was trying to create a “dew” identity.
2. When life hands you lemons, she goes for the Dew instead.
3. She believed in “Dew”-ing the crime scene cleanup herself.
4. Clearly, she thought Dew would be the ultimate crime-solving refreshment.
5. “CSI: Citrus Soda Investigation” taking things to a new level.
6. Must’ve been a Dew-or-die situation for her DNA.
7. The real question is, did the Dew help with her alibi fizz-ness?
8. When Mountain Dew becomes the latest forensic trend.
9. The case of the Dew-tective: cracking crimes one soda at a time.
10. She’s taking “carbonated fingerprints” to a whole new level.
11. Looks like the Dew’s out for justice.
12. When you’re not just thirsty for a drink, but for a crime-free life.
13. “Honey, pass me the Dew, I’ve got some cleaning to do” – A murderer’s motto.
14. Sip by sip, she thought she could wash away her troubles.
15. The Dew-s and Don’ts of evading capture.
16. When your roommate is “Dewn” for the count, it’s time to roll out the forensic fizz!
She thought the cops were gonna dew her in.
She was overdew for a fight.
She will be dewly punished.
She told the cops she wasn’t dewin anything wrong.
She was attempting to undew the crime.
She is a dewsy.
🤣😆🤣😅
She is a dewsy.
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This one gets my vote lol
She was gonna dewk it out with the cops.
She was dewmed from the start.
She tried to dewp the cops.
But the cops did their dewty.
She was trying to escape
but the cop said to her,
“No can Dew!”
Don’t know. She didn’t think to give the Treatment to the dead body or to the knife. If it does, indeed, “work” she would have to have washed the body and the knife and the Mountain Dew bottle, too, for a start.
Coke can shine up tarnished silver and copper, too. It can also dissolve small kidney stones. I use Coke for lots of things but not as a recreational drink at all.
She’s well over nine on the crazy axis, roughly a six, at best, on the hot scale. Deep, deep in the no-go zone.
RUN when you see TATTOOS....especially on the NECK!
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