The Osceola County Sheriff's Office announced it has made in an arrest from a suspicious death it investigated in September.
Bryant Scott Demelo, 34, was arrested in Seminole County this week and charged with manslaughter, and awaits extradition back to Osceola County.
Sept. 5, the Osceola deputies, the Violent Crimes Unit and Medical Examiner’s Office responded to to a Kissimmee home in regard to a suspicious death. While inspecting the scene, the deceased victim was wearing bondage gear and appeared to have trauma to his body.
Detectives were able to identify Demelo as the last person who had been in contact with the victim, a Sheriff's release said Friday. Detectives met with him, and he provided detailed information about a sexual encounter with the victim set up in an online chat group for sexual encounters. During the encounter, deputies say Demelo beat the victim, inflicted severe injuries, and knocked him unconscious. Mr. Demelo reportedly fled the scene without calling 911 or rendering aid.
Per the Sheriff's Office, the Medical Examiner ruled the death was caused by blunt force trauma and strangulation. Detectives later obtained an arrest warrant for manslaughter for Demelo. On Tuesday, he was arrested in Seminole County, also in possession of methamphetamine.
