MIAMI – An attorney representing the family of a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death while sleeping at his father’s apartment in Miami’s Icon building said the suspect was in the building for more than three hours that day, and during that time, violated every security measure.
For that reason, they now plan to file a wrongful death and negligent security lawsuit against the building.
According to police, Dominic Ferrell was killed early in the morning on June 8 on the 34th floor of the Icon.
Miami police said officers responded to the Icon Residences around 2:15 a.m. that morning and found the victim with multiple stab wounds.
Dominic was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to police, the suspect, Kyrill R. Kehl, 26, followed two men into an elevator inside the building as the men used their key card to get to the 47th floor.
Police said the suspect possibly made his way to a stairwell to get down to the 34th floor.
According to police, Kehl checked various door handles before arriving to the victim’s unit, which was unlocked.
Police said he then stabbed Dominic to death as the teen was sleeping in his bedroom.
Surveillance video shows Kehl fleeing the scene after the stabbing, authorities said.
Officers said he then entered an adjacent building that was under construction before falling to his death.
The victim’s mother, Christine Maron, told reporters Monday that it was the building’s safety failures that contributed to her son’s death.
“In the early morning hours of June 8th, I lost my 17-year-old son – my first-born child, best friend and best big brother,” Maron said. “I lost him in the most tragic and senseless way imaginable. No mother or parent should ever go through this heartbreaking loss. My family is completely shattered and broken as we grieve his loss and try to pick up the pieces.”
Dominic’s mother has since started a GoFundMe page for a scholarship fund in her son’s honor. The money raised will go to the schools he attended in South Florida and California.