VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — Volusia County Sheriff Deputies arrested a Deltona couple Friday night on charges of first-degree murder. They are charged in the murder of Jo’el Cosby, a 30-year-old man from Sanford.
According to deputies, Cosby’s body was discovered in Seminole County on Thursday, Aug. 13, on the 800 block of Settler’s Loop in Geneva. Cosby was the victim of a stabbing.
After a joint investigation with @SeminoleSO, we've arrested Jaide Caporale and Marvin Bryant on charges of 1st degree murder in the stabbing death of Jo'el Cosby, whose body was found in Geneva in August. pic.twitter.com/ozyD0NPZbn
— Volusia Sheriff (@VolusiaSheriff) December 5, 2020
Jaide Caporale, 30 and Marvin Bryant, 36, were each arrested Friday night for the murder of Cosby, who deputies say was Caporale’s on-and-off boyfriend for several years.
The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office initial investigation led detectives to Volusia County after Cosby’s mother told them she had last seen her son a few days earlier with Caporale.
Body camera video from last night's arrests of 1st degree murder suspects Jaide Caporale & Marvin Bryant. They're charged with killing Caporale's boyfriend Jo'el Cosby in Deltona in August, and leaving his body in Geneva. A joint investigation w/ @SeminoleSO led to their arrests. pic.twitter.com/cM7eQKWDOM
— Volusia Sheriff (@VolusiaSheriff) December 5, 2020
Detectives interviewed both Caporale and Bryant, who according to the sheriff’s office, were “evasive and less than forthcoming in interviews with detectives.”
According to deputies, the use of technology and interviews of witnesses allowed them to piece together what happened.
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According to the sheriff’s office, Caporale and Bryant killed Cosby at their house on Farmington Avenue in Deltona, disposed of his body in Geneva and tried to clean up the evidence at home.
The investigation showed that Caporale picked up Cosby in Sanford and drove him to the house in Deltona, where she and Bryant killed him. Caporale and Bryant then drove to the area in Geneva where Cosby’s body was later discovered.
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Witnesses placed Bryant’s vehicle in the area where the body was found. Using technology, detectives were also able to verify both Caporale and Bryant’s movements throughout the night of the murder.
Detectives also found Cosby’s DNA inside Bryant’s vehicle, and also that the vehicle had been cleaned up in an attempt to destroy evidence.
Sheriff’s deputies also said that a close associate of Caporale’s told detectives that Caporale provided them with details of the murder.
On Friday, following a four-month joint investigation by Volusia and Seminole sheriff’s detectives, a judge signed warrants for the arrest of Caporale and Bryant. Both defendants are being held without bond in the Volusia County Branch Jail.
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