TAMPA, Fla. — A 28-year-old was arrested after police said he was responsible for killing a man and then stealing his car at an apartment complex in Tampa back on May 1.
Richard Lam was charged with murder and grand theft motor vehicle and is being held at a correctional center in Dade County.
On May 1, law enforcement responded to a report of a maintenance worker finding a dead body of a man who appeared to be in his early 50s inside a home at the Beck Apartments on Hidden River Parkway, the Tampa Police Department said in a news release.
Authorities said they began to gather evidence and collected surveillance footage that showed Lam near the man's apartment at the time of the murder.
Fingerprints found at the apartment complex reportedly identified as belonging to the 28-year-old and the investigation showed Lam knew the man he killed.
A day after the murder, the man's car was located in West Palm Beach County after Lam stole it and law enforcement were then able to find where Lam was at, TPD says.
After receiving help from the U.S. Marshals Office and Florida Atlantic University officers, authorities say there were able to arrest Lam Monday morning.
