Argentina-inspired restaurant manager detained in Miami after allegedly killing his mother

Stefano Cremasco Cicero was found in a Miami apartment building lobby with blood on his shoes, hands and clothing after his mother was discovered dead inside his home. The 36-year-old restaurant manager told police he had acted in self-defense.

The incident took place in the early hours of Friday at the Solitair Brickell tower on SW 8th Street. Officers arrived at 4:47 a.m. after receiving what police described as an unknown request for assistance.

Investigators found Cicero's mother lying on her side inside the apartment, fully clothed and covered in blood, with multiple apparent stab wounds. A delivery worker who had come to the building said Cicero opened the main entrance, handed her his phone and asked her to call 911. She noticed blood on him while speaking to the operator and tried to return the phone, but he refused. She later gave it to arriving officers.

Police reviewed security footage showing Cicero entering an elevator with his mother at 10:32 p.m. Thursday. At 4:26 a.m., he appeared in another elevator wearing a blue shirt, khaki pants and white shoes, with bloodstains and a knife. Investigators said he dropped the knife after leaving the elevator, then picked it up and entered a different one.

Minutes later, footage showed him wearing a different long-sleeved blue shirt. He left the building while using his phone, returned at 4:39 a.m. and sat in the lobby, signaling to the delivery worker. Homicide investigators found kitchen knives, two bloodstained white shirts, broken glass and a smashed wine bottle inside the apartment. Cicero's wife told detectives she was in France for a wedding and that his mother had recently arrived from Mexico. The source article ends while describing the relationship between mother and son.

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I was defending myself.