Miami Beach Son Kills Mother During Welfare Check, Dumps Body

Grisly Murder in Miami Beach

• 💔 A mother traveled from New Jersey to Miami Beach to perform a welfare check on her son, Anthony Caruso.
• 💀 Her lifeless body was discovered in a dumpster behind his apartment building on July 19th.

Surveillance Footage and Crime Scene

• 📹 Surveillance video captured the mother, Elizabeth Caruso, arriving on July 19th and the suspect, Anthony Caruso, waiting in a hallway elevator hours before the incident.
• 🩸 A trash room showed signs of a violent struggle with blood on the walls and floor surrounding an open trash chute.
• 🔪 Detectives found Elizabeth's body in the dumpster, having been thrown down the chute, with severe injuries to her neck, nearly to the point of decapitation.

Suspect's Background and Arrest

• 🚨 Anthony Caruso, 40, was arrested for his mother's murder after an hours-long standoff.
• ⚖️ He was already on probation at the time of the murder and had faced at least three separate arrests last year.
• 🔪 Caruso is currently facing a second-degree murder charge.