© Pasco County Sheriff's OfficeHours after 74-year-old Sylvia Rosalie Schmitt, left, was reported missing from her nudist community home in Florida on Monday, her grandson, Brandon Machetto, 18, right, was arrested and charged with her murder.
Sylvia Rosalie Schmitt's 18-year-old grandson, Brandon Machetto, has been charged with her murder after he was found driving her body away from her home in Lutz, Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said at a press conference.
© Pasco County Sheriff's Office Brandon Machetto has a juvenile criminal history for domestic violence including a previous altercation with his grandmother Schmitt, whom he had been living with for three to four weeks, according to Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco.
When deputies arrived at Schmitt's home Monday morning, they reported finding a "large sum of blood inside the residence," according to Nocco.
A deputy located Machetto driving Schmitt's minivan nearby and carried out a traffic stop, leading them to recover the woman's body.
Machetto has a juvenile criminal history for domestic violence including a previous altercation with Schmitt, with whom he had been living for three to four weeks, according to Nocco.
Family friend Ron Hall told WTSP that Machetto hadn't always been trouble, but initially grew up respectful.
It was only until he was hit in the head with a brick, leading to his regular medication, that he became violent.
"The brain injury that he suffered when he was struck in the back of the head with a rock - that he almost died from - never allowed him to mature and I think that's got to do with it," said Hall.
He said the earlier domestic violence incident between Machetto and his grandmother was over him not taking his medication.
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