Auburndale, FLORIDA — On Tuesday, October 2, 2018, Polk County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives charged 50-year-old Randolph Maya of Dixie Hwy in Auburndale with first degree murder in the strangling death of his wife, 50-year-old Jodi Maya.<\/p>\n
Sheriff Grady Judd said, \u201cOctober is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we are sad to report that we\u2019re already investigating a domestic-related murder on the first day of the month. Please, if you are in a dangerous situation, get out and get help before things escalate. There are so many resources out there to assist victims of domestic violence.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to his affidavit, on Sunday, September 30, 2018, around 7:40 p.m. the PCSO ECC received a 9-1-1 call in reference to a disturbance at the home. When deputies arrived, they met Randolph at the front door, who told deputies that nothing was going on and that they weren\u2019t needed. In the background, deputies could hear crying, which was coming from a witness. The other witness living there approached the deputies and said, \u201cI think she\u2019s dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deputies located the victim slumped over in a bathroom, unresponsive. CPR was performed, and she was transported to Winter Haven Hospital. Her heart stopped beating several times during the transport and after she was admitted. She was pronounced deceased at 6:55 a.m. on Monday, October 1, 2018.<\/p>\n
An autopsy conducted on October 2, 2018, ruled that her cause of death was asphyxiation, and the manner of death, homicide.<\/p>\n
During interviews, one of the witnesses in the home told deputies she heard Jodi scream and say, \u201cHe is going to kill me,\u201d and then everything went quiet, so the witness left her bedroom to see what was going on. She observed through the crack of the bathroom door Randolph facing Jodi while Jodi was sitting on the toilet, as he was standing between her legs and leaning on her. The witness went back to her room and called 9-1-1. The witness then went back to the bathroom, where Jodi was unresponsive \u2013 the witness didn\u2019t know where Randolph was at that time.<\/p>\n
Randolph told deputies that the victim had high blood pressure, and he would not explain his swollen left eye. He also had a bite mark on his left wrist.<\/p>\n
The victim had bruising on her neck, consistent with being strangled, bruising on her upper arm, her thigh, and a broken fingernail.<\/p>\n
Randolph was booked into the Polk County Jail during the early morning hours of Monday, October 1st, and charged with one count Attempted Murder, and one count VOP. His attempted murder charge was upgraded to first degree murder after the autopsy on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
In 2011, Randolph was sentenced to 15 years\u2019 probation for organized fraud, out of Broward County. His recent arrest violated that probation.<\/p>\n
Randolph Maya\u2019s criminal history includes the following previous arrests:
\n\u2022 December 1991 \u2013 FHP \u2013 DUI
\n\u2022 November 1993 \u2013 Osceola Co SO \u2013 Aggravated Assault
\n\u2022 September 1994 \u2013 Osceola Co SO \u2013 DUI
\n\u2022 September 1998 \u2013 PCSO \u2013 Larceny
\n\u2022 February 1999 \u2013 PCSO \u2013 Battery
\n\u2022 March 2000 \u2013 Auburndale PD \u2013 Fraud
\n\u2022 March 2003 \u2013 Orange Co SO \u2013 DUI
\n\u2022 December 2004 \u2013 Orange Co SO \u2013 Battery
\n\u2022 March 2006 \u2013 Broward Co SO \u2013 Failure to Appear
\n\u2022 December 2007 \u2013 PCSO \u2013 Out of County Warrant
\n\u2022 January 2008 \u2013 Broward Co SO \u2013 Larceny, Fraud
\n\u2022 May 2008 \u2013 Broward Co SO \u2013 Failure to Appear
\n\u2022 June 2008 \u2013 Miami-Dade PD \u2013 4 counts Larceny
\n\u2022 August 2009 \u2013 PCSO \u2013 Out of County Warrant<\/p>\n
PCSO responded to the residence most recently on September 14, 2018, to a disturbance call, during which Jodi told deputies that no battery occurred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Auburndale, FLORIDA — On Tuesday, October 2, 2018, Polk County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives charged 50-year-old Randolph Maya of Dixie Hwy in Auburndale with first degree murder in the strangling death of his wife, 50-year-old Jodi Maya. Sheriff Grady Judd said, \u201cOctober is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and we are sad to report that we\u2019re already […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":123369,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1,54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n