MIAMI — A 29-year-old Miami man has been identified as a person of interest in the homicide of a 22-year-old woman whose naked body was discovered on the side of Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade County last Saturday.
Lorent Junior Pion is in the Broward County Jail on no bond after being detained by the Miramar Police Department following a chase from Miami-Dade County that concluded near Red Road and Miramar Parkway. He is accused of aggravated escaping with injury or damage, failing to stop and remain at an accident involving non-serious injury, and refusing officers/obstructing without violence.
Nahomi Valentina Cittadini, 22, was discovered on the side of I-95 near Ives Dairy Road early Saturday morning, according to Miami-Dade Police. At this moment, police have not released any information on the cause of her death.
A acquaintance of Cittadini described Pion as her on-and-off boyfriend.
CBS News Miami spoke with many people close to Cittadini’s family, who said they are horrified by what happened and dealing with the reality of losing their daughter.
Nahomi Cittadini’s body was discovered along Interstate 95.
The Florida Highway Patrol said detectives got many calls of two persons arguing on I-95 just north of Ives Dairy Road shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday. When FHP arrived, they discovered Cittadini dead, with clothes next to her body.
Her body was discovered in the grass near the I-95 northbound lanes, according to graphic video footage from the incident. According to CBS News Miami, bits of clothes discovered close to Cittadini matched the color of the garment she wore in her Instagram story the night before she was discovered dead.
Miami-Dade Police homicide detectives were also dispatched to the scene and took up the investigation. Police said they were looking to see if neighboring traffic cameras had captured the incident, and they were given a handful of car descriptions as the inquiry progressed.
Later Saturday afternoon, police chased a black vehicle to Miramar and said over the radio that they suspected it was involved in a homicide. Pion was apprehended following an accident.
Lorent Pion’s previous criminal record
According to the Florida Department of Corrections, his criminal record includes carjacking, felon in possession of a weapon, and running and eluding. According to court records, he was arrested for violence in August and received a stay-away order. It does not specify who requested the order.
Pion has been on probation since August 2022.
Miami-Dade police said they are working closely with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office to investigate Cittadini’s death. The agency stated that Pion is a person of interest in the case, but no formal charges have been filed yet.
Detectives are requesting anyone with knowledge about the event or who was driving close and witnessed what happened to call police right away.