Nice obit.
A registered sex offender from North Miami was shot and killed outside a video game arcade in Lake Worth.
What's next? Chip out SO on the guy's headstone?
And what are the chances the designation and registration had anything to do with the victim's murder as indeed--once the thorns are picked from this story--it's fairly clear a person is definitely dead at the hands of another. Who, incidentally--if arrested, convicted and serves time as a murderer--will leave prison without being listed on any sort of registry, able to work and live wherever he wants, all with the blessings of the state.
Although this loser shot someone outside a place where children are known to gather, I guess a stray bullet isn't considered dangerous because I'm sure our crackerjack Florida state lawmakers would ascertain that no one convicted of any sort of crime involving a weapon would be permitted anywhere a kid might hang out.
Which is just about anywhere.
One thing's for sure.
This victim--although deceased--will live on for all eternity in the perpetual care of the Florida Sex Offender Registry.
Gotta keep those numbers up.
Read on and make sure to read the comments beneath this "story". Particularly charming this go round, although hey, one educated voice rose above the ghouls.
My condolences to the family of the murder victim.
A North Miami man shot and mortally wounded Sunday night outside a children's amusement center in Lake Worth was a registered sex offender, according to state records.
Edner Eustache, 27, was shot at least twice in the ''upper part of his body'' at about 8:30 p.m. after a fist fight outside Fun Depot, 2003 10th Ave. North, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said.
Eustache was flown to Delray Medical Center, where he died, said Teri Barbera, a sheriff's office spokeswoman.
Witnesses told deputies that three men were involved in the fight in the parking lot, and that two drove away in a white van and green car.
In February 2002, Eustache registered in Broward County as a sex offender who had assaulted a minor, according to Florida Department of Law Enforcement records.
In three arrests in Miami-Dade and Broward counties since December 2007, Eustache was charged with failure to obey state registration laws for sexual offenders. In the case of a Dec. 1 arrest by Miami-Dade police, he pleaded guilty to the charge, records show.
It was not immediately clear what Eustache was doing outside Fun Depot, where young people gather to play video games and laser tag.
Fun Depot general manager Eddie Naphan said he watched security camera footage Monday morning but did not see anyone who looked like the victim enter or leave the park's arcade in the hour before the shooting.
Naphan said the security cameras showed a car sitting by a trash bin in Fun Depot's parking lot.
''You can't see anything but headlights,'' he said.
As detectives paced outside Fun Depot, patrons continued to hit baseballs in the batting cages, which overlooked the crime scene.
''I've been around here for 20 years, and I can tell you we've never had an incident like this near this place,'' said Naphan, whose father opened Fun Depot in 1988.
Police asked anyone with information about the shooting to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 800-458-8477.
Miami Herald staff writer David Smiley contributed to this report.
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jayjg wrote on 11/18/2008 01:20:48 PM:"Shoot the Pedophile" is the hottest new game at the Fun Zone. It's great for all ages, boys and girls. Admission for pedophiles is half price!
- ticonegro wrote on 11/18/2008 10:48:06 AM:
the worst kind of animal !!!!!
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LameBrainMiamians wrote on 11/18/2008 09:42:19 AM:Seems like they got him while he was trying to prey on kids. He was trying to be slick by working outside his neighborhood. I guess you can’t outrun fate. Nice shot!
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MrRealist wrote on 11/18/2008 09:15:40 AM:Yea baby, that's how you deal the justice card!
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- alltruth wrote on 11/18/2008 08:36:29 AM:
I hope they find out who killed the pervert so I can send him a thank you card.
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How do we know that he was a pervert. He was 27 when he died and he registered as a sex offender in 2002. which means that the crime happened in 2000 or 2001 when he was 20 or 21. What if maybe he was 20 and the girl was 16 or 17? That hardly makes him a pervert or a pedophile.