Arrest Made in Homicide

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Arrest Made in Homicide

Date:           November 25, 2022
Time:          4:33 am
Location:    800 block of Drexel Road, WPB

Deputies responded to the 1800 block of Drexel Road (just south of Okeechobee Boulevard) in response to an unresponsive adult male on the sidewalk. PBCFR responded and pronounced the male deceased at 4:42 am.

Further investigation determined that the unresponsive male was a victim of a homicide.  As the investigation progressed a suspect, Juan Viera, was identified.  An arrest warrant was obtained and the suspect, Juan Viera, was arrested and booked into the Palm Beach County Jail on the charges listed below.

The family of the deceased has invoked Marsy’s Law.

 

Further investigation determined that the unresponsive male was a victim of a homicide.