Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the victim’s name in the first mention.
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. ( WFLA ) — The arrest of an 18-year-old Florida man has led police to believe they may have stopped a potential serial killer in his tracks.
On Wednesday, Omarion Ivory, of Port St. Lucie, was arrested in the killing of 67-year-old Francis Gennace, the Port St. Lucie Police Department said. The arrest warrant was served at the St. Lucie County Jail, where Ivory was already held after a Sept. 20 arrest.
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Gennace was found dead just inside the front door of his home on the morning of Sept. 12. His coworkers had called for a welfare check when Gennace did not show up for work for several days.
Gennace had approximately 45 stab wounds to his head and neck, an arrest report said. Next to him was a knife with a 4-inch blade. Another knife was found in a bedroom, but it is unclear where that knife came from, police said.