FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Arrest documents obtained by Local 10 News on Monday are shedding new light on the murder of a 73-year-old man in a Fort Lauderdale office tower. Police said it was all over a Rolex watch.
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According to the newly-obtained Fort Lauderdale police arrest report, Anthony D’Amore was found dead last Monday inside his third-floor jewelry business within the tower, located at 6245 N. Federal Highway in the city’s Imperial Point neighborhood.
Police said D’Amore, of Pompano Beach, had been reported missing to the Broward Sheriff’s Office after having been last seen on Dec. 20. They said detectives responding to a welfare check at the behest of his wife discovered his body three days later.
Authorities said surveillance video would show that a man D’Amore’s wife described as a “family friend,” Nenad Milosevich, was responsible.
The report states that the CCTV footage showed Milosevich, 56, entering the building with D’Amore just after 10 p.m. on the night of the killing. Police noted that Milosevich had picked up D’Amore from his home earlier that evening.
Police said the two were seen exiting the third-floor elevator and entering the business, described as a “one-room workshop and showroom,” together. Only one of the men would exit alive.
The surveillance video showed Milosevich exiting the business just after 12:45 a.m. “carrying a small bag and a large square items (sic) covered in a towel or blanket,” the report states.
He then “reached into the suite and locked the door from the inside,” police said.
Authorities said there was a video camera within the business as well but its cables were detached.
Police said a Christmas Eve autopsy revealed that D’Amore had multiple neck, back and sub-scalp contusions, as well as abrasions to the back of his neck. A full autopsy report remained pending as of Thursday.
Authorities said they went to Milosevich’s apartment along Port Royale Boulevard, less than a mile away from the scene, on Thursday in order to speak with him. They said he wasn’t there but agreed to meet with detectives after a phone call.
The report states that Milosevich, also known by the alternate spelling Nenad Milosevic, sat down with detectives.
It states Milosevich told detectives that he had dinner with D’Amore and they then went to his business because Milosevich “was hoping to get some jewelry for his girlfriend for Christmas.”
But Milosevich, police said, still had outstanding payments to be made on a $20,000 Rolex. He told detectives that he had paid about $16,000 on the watch up until that point.
“The deal for the Rolex had gone bad and (D’Amore) was upping the price because Milosevic was not paying fast enough,” a detective wrote. “(D’Amore) would also not give him other items in exchange for the monies already paid. This caused an argument between them.”
Police said Milosevich admitted to hitting D’Amore twice in the throat, then “found himself on top” of him on the floor, where he “choked” him.
Authorities said as D’Amore lay unresponsive on the floor, Milosevich told them he grabbed about 20 pieces of jewelry and put them in a bag. The report states he also admitted to unplugging the video recorder and wrapping it in a blanket before leaving the office.
The report states that Milosevich later threw the stolen jewelry and DVR off a bridge.
He was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder.
As of Monday, Milosevich remained held without bond in the BSO Main Jail.