Man shot father-in-law dead, then waited 2 days to tell cops he suddenly found his body, police say

A Florida antheral who reported finding his father-in-law dormant was charged with murdering the older man, whom authorities said died days earlier helium was “found.”

The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 43-year-old David Nemyier connected April 13 successful transportation to the shooting death of his father-in-law, 67-year-old Kyle Pazian. On Wednesday, the authorities attorney’s bureau stated that Nemyier had been indicted by a expansive assemblage connected first-degree execution charges. The charges were a culmination of events that began connected the greeting of April 9, erstwhile his woman — Pazian’s girl — had an statement with her begetter and the time allegedly took a convulsive turn.

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According to an apprehension affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime, Nemyier initially told constabulary that aft not being capable to interaction Pazian astatine his location connected the greeting of April 11, helium and his woman went to behaviour a payment check. Upon arrival, the mates recovered Pazian dormant connected the surviving country sofa with “blood each implicit his face.”

The affidavit stated that Nemyier and his woman and lad had been surviving with Pazian successful the aforesaid location astatine the time. That morning, Nemyier was astatine enactment portion his woman and lad were astatine the home, but according to the affidavit, constabulary said the couple’s stories astir what happened had “numerous discrepancies.”

One communicative allegedly relayed to constabulary by Nemyier was that Pazian was progressive successful a “tense, ongoing feud” with a Black cause trader named “Mike,” to whom helium seemingly owed money.

Nemyier’s woman besides initially told constabulary that she and her hubby had an statement that greeting during which helium said helium was going to “leave her.” Hours aft helium went to work, she awoke to find a “knot” connected her head. When she asked her begetter if helium knew who could person done that to her, she told constabulary that helium reportedly “became frustrated” with her, and she near for the edifice wherever Nemyier worked.

The affidavit noted, however, the interactions betwixt Nemyier and his wife, including recordings astatine the constabulary presumption wherever helium tin allegedly beryllium heard telling her “don’t archer them anything.” When the household was released from the presumption aft questioning, the affidavit said that Nemyier’s woman “was acrophobic for [her son’s] safety” upon learning that Nemyier had been escaped to leave. She besides reportedly asked an serviceman for his interaction accusation earlier she near with Nemyier and their son.

After the aesculapian examiner conducted an autopsy connected Pazian, Nemyier’s communicative began to autumn apart. According to the affidavit, the aesculapian examiner told constabulary that by the clip Pazian was recovered connected April 11, helium had been dormant for 2 days. His day of decease was listed arsenic April 9, with the origin and mode of decease listed arsenic a gunshot coiled arsenic a effect of homicide.

Police reviewed information camera footage from the edifice wherever Nemyier worked that was taken the greeting of April 9. In that video, Nemyier was seen changing his garment successful the parking lot. A witnesser who worked with Nemyier besides told constabulary that connected April 10, different worker showed her a slug that was recovered “in the nonstop vicinity” of wherever Nemyier was captured connected video changing his shirt.

On April 13, Nemyier’s woman contacted police, “urgently” wanting to talk to them. She and her lad were taken by constabulary to the sheriff’s office, wherever the affidavit said some were “very distraught” and the lad began “vomiting.” Nemyier’s woman stated that she wanted to archer constabulary what “really happened” connected the greeting of April 9.

According to the affidavit, Nemyier’s woman said that portion she and her begetter did person an argument, she admitted that she had “chugged” portion of a vessel of vodka and was heavy intoxicated. When she got a thrust to the edifice and her hubby saw the “knot” connected her head, helium asked if Pazian had done that to her. She stated that she didn’t cognize however it happened, to which Nemyier responded that “nobody is going to wounded my wife.”

Nemyier past took his woman backmost to the location truthful helium could face Pazian. After Nemyier parked the car, his woman laic down connected the halfway console and helium went inside. When helium returned, she told constabulary that aft asking Nemyier if her begetter was OK, helium allegedly responded, “He’s dead.”

She past reportedly apologized to constabulary for not telling them the information sooner, explaining that determination was a “building past of domestic violence” betwixt the couple. On the greeting of April 9, she said Nemyier was allegedly “high connected crack” and held a “small achromatic gun” to her head.

Police yet tracked Nemyier down astatine the edifice wherever his woman and lad were staying and arrested him connected suspicion of murder. He was indicted by a expansive assemblage of premeditated first-degree execution connected Wednesday. Nemyier has been held without enslaved since his apprehension connected April 13.

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