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DNA from blood on pizza box leads Florida deputies to home burglary suspect, sheriff says
CBS News ^ | December 3, 2025 | Alyssa Dzikowski, Sergio Candido

Posted on 12/03/2025 5:41:47 PM PST by nickcarraway

A trace of blood found on a pizza box inside a ransacked Northeast Florida home became the key evidence that helped detectives identify and locate a suspect, authorities said Monday.

The incident originally took place on Jan. 28, when a Palm Coast homeowner returned to her residence to find the power cut, the internet disabled and the house burglarized. Between $2,500 and $3,000 in cash was missing, according to a press release from the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.

While processing the scene, detectives discovered a red smear on a pizza box in the kitchen that they believed to be blood. Forensic testing confirmed the substance was blood, and the local CSI unit sent the sample to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for further analysis, the sheriff's office said.

On Aug. 18, FDLE notified Flagler County investigators that the blood sample provided matched with someone in their system: 33-year-old William Vargas-Carmona, of Jacksonville. Homeland Security records showed the Colombian citizen had been deported in September 2024 after being residing in the U.S. without proper documentation, authorities said.

Detectives had already determined the burglar intentionally switched off the circuit breaker in the garage, unplugged the modem in the living room and covered a home-security camera before the device lost power, steps they say were taken to hide his identity. But the DNA match provided the break needed to advance the case, Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said.

Authorities obtained a warrant for Vargas-Carmona's arrest on Oct. 14 on charges of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and grand theft. On Nov. 21, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents located him in Jacksonville, arrested him and transported him to the Baker County Detention Center, where he is being held without bond until his extradition to Flagler County.

"This dirtbag was in our country illegally, deported once already, and returned again to prey on American communities, but he made the mistake of coming to Flagler County," Sheriff Staly said. "We work with our federal partners to get criminals like him off the streets and eventually deported."


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1 posted on 12/03/2025 5:41:47 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
"...and eventually deported."

This dude was already deported once and returned... Pretty sure that the over and under at DraftKings says this dude will be back in America again before you know it... Any takers?

2 posted on 12/03/2025 5:51:03 PM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: jerod
RICO them all. Every penny of loss the homeowner suffered needs to be seized from the next international funds transfers to Colombia.

"If one of your illegal alien invaders steals from a U.S. citizen, we'll simply seize remittances going to Colombia until the victim is made whole. If you don't like it, take it up with Senor William Vargas-Carmona."

3 posted on 12/03/2025 6:03:18 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: nickcarraway

The story ignores the most important part...

HOW DID HIS BLOOD GET ON THE PIZZA BOX?!


4 posted on 12/03/2025 6:21:54 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Skywise

“Elementary my dear fellow. It was bloody good pizza.”
Snerdlock Homes, The Case Of The Bloody Pizza Box


5 posted on 12/03/2025 6:28:17 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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