A rampaging tourist beat a man to death with a fire extinguisher as he was being kicked out of his accommodation.
Piero Estefano But-Castillo, 25, beat victim Robert Krusinowski, 55, to death at the Quality Inn in Kissimmee, Florida, US on Wednesday. The victim is said to have tried calming But-Castillo down while he was being booted from the hotel, but Krusinowski was beaten to death after intervening.
But-Castillo is said to have arrived in the United States on a 90-day tourist visa from Chile on January 1, and is understood to have flown off the handle at the property when he was told he would be evicted from the hotel.
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Sheriff Marcus Lopez, speaking at a press conference on Friday, said the victim, who was unarmed at the time of his death, had tried calming But-Castillo down. Sheriff Lopez said: “In an effort to calm him down, our victim … was unarmed, just trying to de-escalate the situation.
“However, our suspect, it angered him, and he just beat him to death. It was a brutal beating with a fire extinguisher.”
Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene to find But-Castillo stomping on the severely beaten older man. Krusinowski was known around the motel as a long-time resident who would help staffers with maintenance tasks.
The victim had suffered head trauma from the attack and died at the scene, Fox News reported. Sheriff Lopez has since said the “savage attacks” would not go unpunished.
Speaking at the conference, Sherriff Lopez said: “These savage attacks aren’t going to go unpunished here. We did obtain some type of video from the Quality Inn, which has been submitted into evidence.”
But-Castillo is being held without bond and faces charges of premeditated murder, battery, criminal mischief, and resisting an officer with violence.
It is believed But-Castillo had been in the United States prior to his return on January 1 and the attack on January 8. Reports indicate he had entered the US as a non-immigrant student in 2019 but left for unknown reasons. He remains in custody at the Osceola County Jail following his initial court appearance on Thursday.
Sheriff Lopez urged people not to get involved and said there must be caution exhibited by members of the public when dealing with disruptions to the law.
He said: “Let us take this into our hands. It’s better that you don’t get involved. You don’t know who you’re dealing with and people get angry, lose their tempers – you don’t know if they’re psychotic or on drugs.”
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