Two Arrested in Weedon Island Nature Preserve Murder Case

Arrests Made in Weekend Murder

• 🚨 Jazelle Santiago Bonia, 37, and Armnaldo Centron, 42, have been arrested in connection with the murder of Santiago Bonia's cousin.
• 📅 The murder is believed to have occurred on Friday, with the suspects taken into custody on Monday.

Court Proceedings and Charges

• ⚖️ Centron faces charges including second-degree murder with a weapon and tampering with evidence, and was granted no bond.
• 💰 Santiago Bonia is charged with tampering with evidence, unlawfully holding or moving a dead body, tampering with a witness, and accessory after the fact. Her bond was set at $200,000 with no contact with the Riverview home or witnesses.

Details of the Crime

• 🏠 Investigators believe the crime spanned four locations across Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, starting at a Riverview home.
• 🔪 Court documents allege an argument over bills led to Centron stabbing the victim multiple times.
• 🚗 The victim's boyfriend was allegedly threatened by the couple to help clean up, wear the victim's clothes, and drive the victim's car with the body to an apartment complex.
• 🌳 A man known as 'Tarzan' reportedly instructed Centron and the witness to dump the body in the mangroves at Weedon Island Natural Preserve.
• 🗑️ Evidence was also dumped at a separate location on Mangrove K Lane and at the apartment complex.