How Police Made Arrest in Case of Woman, 21, Found Naked on Side of Interstate

Mar. 15, 2025

Nahomi Cittadini.Photo:Miami Dade Corrections

Miami Dade Corrections

A man hasbeen charged with killinghis girlfriend nearly three months after she was found dead on the side of Interstate 95 in Florida.

That day, police responded to multiple reports of a couple arguing as they stood alongside the highway shortly after 6 a.m., perWSVN.

When Florida Highway Patrol troopers showed up, they found the young woman deceased. “At this point, the female is undressed,” Sierra told the outlet. “There is a piece of clothing next to here, so I wouldn’t be able to tell you how exactly her clothes were removed, but there is some clothing next to her body.”

Cittadini’s boyfriend, Lorent Junior Pion, 29, was soon named a person of interest in the woman’s death. He was arrested shortly after her body was found and faced several charges related to fleeing from police, but he wasn’t charged with Cittadini’s murder until now.

Lorent Pion.Broward County Sheriff’s Office

Broward County Sheriff’s Office

The arrest warrant reportedly states that a Florida Department of Transportation worker looked at traffic footage from the area that day and saw video of a man punching a woman and pulling her toward the interstate, per CBS News. The witness reportedly said the woman could be seen trying to crawl back to the emergency shoulder, but allegedly “the subject punched the victim and dragged her back to the far-right lane in the path of oncoming traffic."

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The warrant also reportedly states that blood was found both on the inside and outside of Pion’s car, and that Cittadini had previously filed a protective order against Pion after a prior incident of physical violence in Miami Beach last August,

Pion is now charged with second-degree murder. Cittadini’s mother told CBS News she’s hoping Pion will face justice for his alleged crimes. “I know that’s not going to bring my daughter back, but at least she’ll rest easier. He has to pay,” she said.

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source: people.com