MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 79-year-old man is facing two murder charges after deputies said he stabbed his wife and stepson to death at their townhome in northwest Miami-Dade.

Investigators said the killing happened on April 18 at the Antigua at Country Club of Miami townhomes in the 17500 block of Northwest 67th Place.

Detectives said Jose Vidal got into an argument with his stepson, who accused him of stealing a large amount of money and was planning on evicting Vidal from the home.

Investigators said the two got into a fight, things turned violent and Vidal stabbed his wife and stepson.

A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office arrest report states that it wasn’t until the following Monday, two days later, that Vidal rode his bicycle to purchase a lottery ticket, then rode to Memorial Hospital West six miles away in Pembroke Pines, claiming that he was attacked by two men who stabbed him, knocked him unconscious and then awoke to find his relatives dead.

Detectives said surveillance video showed Vidal walking through the community wearing specific sandals that left footprints in blood that was found inside of the home. They said there was no evidence of anyone matching the descriptions of the supposed suspects Vidal gave.

The Spanish-born Vidal was arrested Friday on two second-degree murder charge and appeared in Miami-Dade bond court on Saturday, where a judge ordered he be held without bond.

Miami-Dade man, 79, accused of stabbing wife, stepson to death

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