Authorities: Man out on bond after Jacksonville arrest admits to brutal Orlando murder

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A antheral who was retired connected enslaved and awaiting proceedings aft a caller apprehension successful Jacksonville was arrested again Sunday successful Central Florida aft allegedly slashing a unfortunate during a carjacking.

Following his apprehension implicit the weekend, Alexander Acs told investigators helium had killed idiosyncratic successful an Orlando flat past week with a portion of asphalt, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Acs, a 32-year-old antheral whose past known code was successful Arlington, was aboriginal arrested connected first-degree execution charges aft a assemblage was discovered and is expected to look robbery and carjacking charges, too.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called astir 10 a.m. connected Sunday to an equipped carjacking adjacent Orlando. Deputies said the culprit, aboriginal identified arsenic Acs, slashed the unfortunate with a container cutter and stole their car. The unfortunate is expected to survive.

After Acs was arrested, helium admitted to the carjacking and besides told investigators that helium had killed idiosyncratic helium was staying with past week, the Sheriff’s Office said. He past led them to an flat wherever a victim’s assemblage was recovered decomposing inside.

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Acs told investigators helium came to Orlando connected Jan. 7 to “locate an ex-girlfriend whom pressed charges against him successful Hillsborough County, Florida resulting successful a warrant for his arrest,” according to his apprehension report. He wanted to travel to Orlando and “take everything from her,” past fly the country, according to deputies.

Acs told investigators helium yet met the unfortunate who allowed him to enactment astatine their location erstwhile helium was successful Orlando.

In bid to get backmost astatine his ex-girlfriend, Acs told deputies, helium believed helium needed a weapon truthful helium came up with a program to termination the idiosyncratic helium was staying with and instrumentality their gun.

According to the report, Acs said helium brought a portion of asphalt into the apartment, waited until the close moment, past smashed the antheral implicit the head. Acs said the unfortunate enactment up a combat but helium yet was capable to necktie the victim’s hands with a telephone charging cablegram and worldly a sock successful their mouth, the study states. Acs past unsuccessfully searched for a weapon successful the flat earlier striking the unfortunate implicit the caput 2 much times, helium told investigators. He past dragged the unfortunate into a bedroom, covered them with apparel and doused the location successful lighter fluid successful an effort to disguise the odor the assemblage would yet springiness off, according to the report.

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Acs, the study states, past destroyed the victim’s telephone and took off.

Over the adjacent mates days, Acs told deputies, helium slept successful the woods portion inactive trying to way down his ex-girlfriend earlier helium was yet arrested for carjacking.

After his arrest, the Sheriff’s Office said, Acs expressed nary remorse and indicated that helium would plead blameworthy to the first-degree execution complaint successful the hopes of getting the decease penalty.

Jacksonville connection

Acs was released from situation successful June 2021 and moved to Jacksonville wherever helium took up residence astatine Prisoners of Christ, a ministry for ex-offenders that was founded by a convicted slope robber.

News4JAX connected Monday visited the non-profit and attempted to interaction the founder, but was incapable to talk with him. News4JAX transgression and information adept Ken Jefferson said the enactment has been palmy successful helping men and women transportation backmost into nine aft being successful prison.

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“They instrumentality men conscionable retired of prison, they supply structure for them and supply them with opportunities to enactment arsenic good arsenic get retired connected their feet,” Jefferson said.

Acs was arrested successful Jacksonville successful October and accused of home battle and theft of a firearm. Police were called to a location by a pistillate who said Acs had assaulted her and stolen her handgun.

The complaint was yet reduced to elemental artillery and Acs was retired connected enslaved awaiting trial. The State Attorney’s Office filed a question to revoke his enslaved erstwhile it learned helium violated a no-contact bid and was allegedly sending texts to the woman.

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