An 18-year-old was charged with the murder of his 81-year-old group home roommate in Central Florida.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office homicide detectives arrested 18-year-old Moses Ojeda for the murder of his roommate on Blue Bird Avenue in Bartow this month.
The victim, 81-year-old Patrick Benway, was living in a group home managed by “ET Home Care, LLC” along with three other roommates. One of those roommates, Ojeda, had just moved in a day prior after being released from a local hospital. Ojeda told detectives that he did not have any problems with the victim and described him as a good person.
During the investigation, Ojeda confirmed that he entered the victim’s bedroom where he was lying in bed and stabbed him multiple times. The victim did not physically resist but did ask, according to Ojeda, “Why would you want to do this to me?” before succumbing to his injuries…