Authorities say Joshua Nareau, bottom inset via Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, shot and killed his grandfather, 71-year-old James S. Khoury, top inset via his obituary, outside his home in Port Charlotte, Florida, home on Dec. 28. He was arrested Feb. 15. Nareau, holding the microphone, spoke glowingly of his grandfather at his funeral before his arrest. (Screenshot: First Baptist Church of North Port)
At his murdered grandfather’s funeral, Joshua Nareau took the microphone at the podium and took a deep breath.
“Jim, I called him Grampy, by blood he was my grandfather, as a person he was my father. He helped raise me. He made me the person I am today,” he said to the crowd of mourners . “You are all here because you knew and loved my grandfather and I thank you so much for that. My goal in life is to be as good as this man was. He helped everyone in this room in some way and I know that.”
But now authorities say it was Nareau who shot and killed his grandfather, 71-year-old James S. Khoury, outside his home in Port Charlotte, Florida , home on Dec. 28. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday arrested Nareau, 23, on a second-degree murder charge.