http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336364/Celebrations-murder-David-Israel-Murillo-axed-friend-wanted-sex.htmlA homeless man has been charged with the murder of a 58-year old over Thanksgiving weekend in Celebration, Disney's small community in Florida.
David-Israel Murillo, 28, beat, strangled and attacked Matteo Giovanditto with an axe at the victim's home after a drunken fight.
There is speculation that Murillo attacked Mr Giovanditto after the older man, who he had got back in touch with after first meeting a year ago, attempted to have sex with him.
It is the first murder in Celebration, which was dreamed up in the 1990s and was named 'New Community of the Year' in 2001 by the Urban Land Institute.
Murillo told detectives he had been drinking with Mr Giovanditto - a former teacher who was known to help the homeless and transient - on November 24 when they got into a fight.
He claimed the he became angry and beat Mr Giovanditto unconscious with an axe he found in the closet.
'He got what he deserved,' Murillo said as he was escorted out of the local sheriff's office yesterday.
When asked if Mr Giovanditto had tried to have sex with him, Murillo told reporters, '[He] tried to, and I believe he tried to put something in my drink.
'Something came over me and I felt so mad that he did that. But you can't justify that.'
Murillo also told reporters that he had gone to the apartment because Mr Giovanditto had offered him a job, although he didn't elaborate.
Police said Murillo was identified as a person of interest because his photo was found on Mr Giovanditto's computer and his fingerprints were found in his flat.
He was brought in for questioning on Saturday after investigators found out he tried to sell coins owned by the victim.
Detectives said they found Mr Giovanditto's iPad, cash and collectable coins at a wooded homeless camp where Murillo was living.
Neighbours found him dead on his kitchen floor, covered by a blanket, several days after his death. He lived alone in a condo with his chihuahua Lucy.
It's been a tough time for Celebration, as later that same week Craig Foushee, 52, barricaded himself in a home for more than 14 hours and shot at deputies several times.
Police never returned fire because they were unable to acquire a target and later found Foushee had shot himself. It was the first suicide in the small community.
Disney relinquished control of Celebration several years ago, though the town of 11,000 retains theme park-like flourishes.
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