Nurse accused of killing married co-worker as messages reveal secret birthday rendezvous

A Florida caregiver is accused of brutally sidesplitting his joined co-worker and leaving her assemblage successful a engaged roadway pursuing a yearslong matter betwixt the pair. 

Rene Perez, 38, was arrested successful Miami connected Tuesday, March 10, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. 

Perez’s apprehension comes astir a twelvemonth and a fractional aft authorities allege helium bushed 35-year-old Linda Campitelli, a joined parent of two, to decease successful October 2024, constabulary said. 

The brace – who were some joined and had been having a two-year-long matter portion employed astatine the Wellington Regional Medical Center– met connected Oct. 28, 2024 to observe Campitelli’s birthday, according to a probable origin affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital.

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Linda Campitelli, 35, was recovered beaten to decease 50 feet from her conveyance on the broadside of Lyons Road successful Wellington, Florida connected Oct. 28, 2024, according to authorities. (Linda Campitelli/Obituary )

Both Perez and Campitelli regularly exchanged messages with each other, with Campitelli complaining astir having to stock clip with Perez with his wife, according to authorities.  

Just 1 time earlier, WhatsApp messages betwixt the 2 showed Campitelli was feeling "a small nervous" astir their planned rendezvous, authorities said. 

"I LOVE YOU, I FEEL KINDA WEIRD. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT TOMORROW. YOU’VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS FOR ME BEFORE AND I FEEL A LITTLE NERVOUS," Campitelli wrote, according to the affidavit.

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"LOL, IT’S NO BIG DEAL. JUST TRYING TO SHOW U THAT I CAN BE ROMANTIC. IT PROBABLY WONT BE AS GOOD AS WHAT YOU’VE DONE FOR ME," Perez responded. 

Rene Perez, 38, was arrested connected charges of first-degree execution with a deadly limb and tampering with carnal grounds successful Miami connected Tuesday, March 10, 2026, according to PBSO. (Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office )

Campitelli near her location that nighttime wearing a reddish formal and achromatic heels aft telling her hubby that she would beryllium going retired to meal with friends, tribunal documents revealed.

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Shortly aft leaving, her Chevy Tahoe arrived astatine Perez’s erstwhile job, the Retina Group of Florida gathering successful Wellington. 

An representation obtained from Campitelli’s iPhone showed a broad speechmaking "HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS OUT OF THIS WORD" placed by Perez successful the backseat of her Tahoe, on with Ultrasorbs Medical Sheets commonly utilized to sorb liquids, according to the affidavit.

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Around 10:20 p.m., respective 911 calls were placed to study an unresponsive pistillate lying successful the southbound lanes of Lyons Road, with 1 caller telling authorities the idiosyncratic appeared to beryllium "bleeding profusely from the mouth," authorities said. 

Linda Campitelli was past seen wearing a reddish formal and achromatic heels earlier leaving her location to conscionable alleged person Rene Perez for a day solemnisation successful Wellington, Florida connected Oct. 28, 2024, according to authorities. (Linda Campitelli/Facebook)

Authorities recovered Campitelli’s lifeless assemblage astir 50 feet from her vehicle. She was wearing the aforesaid outfit she near location in, and determination was "blood starring distant from the rider broadside of the Chevrolet Tahoe to the victim’s body," officials said. Her bloodstained Apple Watch was recovered from the halfway console.

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Following an probe by the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner’s Office, Campitelli’s decease was ruled a homicide resulting from blunt unit trauma to the caput and torso. 

She sustained 4 lacerations to the close broadside of her scalp, respective contusions passim her assemblage and a lacerated lung, among different injuries. Severe roadworthy rash and scuff marks connected her heels besides suggested she had been dragged.

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Upon being interviewed by investigators, Perez claimed helium had canceled the day solemnisation with Campitelli due to the fact that his lad was sick – though investigators did not find immoderate messages that corroborated his alibi, according to the affidavit. 

Following a lengthy investigation, Perez was subsequently taken into custody connected charges of first-degree execution with a deadly limb and tampering with carnal evidence, according to PBSO.

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Perez was transported to the Palm Beach County Jail wherever a justice ordered helium beryllium held without bond. 

Perez’s lawyer did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.