HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – A 19-year-old man from Kentucky is awaiting extradition in Orange County to face charges in Broward County, police said on Tuesday.
According to Hollywood Police Department Detective Carl LeBlanc, Davis Zimmerman is the main suspect in a woman’s murder.
Officers found a woman dead at 12:11 p.m. on Jan. 6 in a room at the New Kent Motel, at 1120 S. Federal Hwy.
Broward County Circuit Judge Andrew Siegel signed an arrest warrant for Zimmerman on Jan. 7. The U.S. Marshals arrested him on Friday in Orange County where he was held without bond.
Zimmerman is facing a first-degree murder charge.
Read excerpts from the warrant
HPD news release
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Davis Zimmerman, 19, was taken into custody last Friday by U.S. Marshals in Orange County, FL. He was wanted for the murder of a woman whose body was found in a motel room. pic.twitter.com/KyZ09whs84
— U.S. Marshals (@USMarshalsHQ) January 19, 2022