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Miami-Dade deputies charged Devorise Carl Johnson with first-degree murder in Eddrick Bethune's death.
CBS Miami reported that on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2026, the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said Devorise Carl Johnson, 21, faces first-degree murder and kidnapping with a weapon or firearm in the Oct. 4 abduction and killing of Eddrick Bethune, 22. Bethune was taken from a North Miami apartment and later found dead in South Miami-Dade.
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A first-degree murder charge and a kidnapping charge are the filings. They are not findings that Johnson killed Bethune. CBS Miami reported the arrest form lists those counts. The sheriff's office tied the North Miami shooting-and-abduction call to a body found miles south and to a burned vehicle nearby.
CBS Miami reported Oct. 15, 2026, that Devorise Carl Johnson, 21, was arrested and faces first-degree murder and kidnapping with a weapon or firearm. The station said the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office tied the case to the Oct. 4 abduction of Eddrick Bethune, 22, from the Aliro Apartments in North Miami after a shooting around midnight. Bethune was later found dead near SW 216th Street and SW 189th Avenue in South Miami-Dade.
NBC 6 reported the shooting-and-abduction call at the Aliro Apartments, 14040 Biscayne Boulevard. WSVN reported the 14000 block of Biscayne Boulevard. Both stations reported that neighbors heard dozens of gunshots and that cellphone video showed people jumping from a third-floor window. Witnesses told investigators they saw men in shirts marked "Police" struggling with a man and forcing him into a vehicle. Detectives later found a vehicle matching the description near where Bethune's body was found. The sheriff's office said it had been set on fire. Those are the investigative accounts. They are not a verdict.
A murder charge names a defendant. It does not decide the case. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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