Miami man arrested after body found in cooler at a bar
04/02/2025 12:23 pm PDT
MIAMI (TCN) -- A 35-year-old man reportedly confessed to killing a person whose body was found inside a cooler at a local bar.
On March 28 just after 3 p.m., Miami-Dade County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a business on Northwest 7th Avenue regarding a man's body found in the exterior cooler. Miami-Dade Fire Department officials arrived at the bar and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene. Deputies identified Oscar Rivera-Peraza as the suspect and arrested him on a charge of second-degree murder.
The victim's identity was still being determined, but the sheriff's office described him as a Black male.
According to WPLG-TV, workers delivering ice to the Chicagoan Bar discovered the victim's body in the cooler and called law enforcement.
Investigators noted in an arrest report that Rivera-Peraza provided a "full confession" to the killing, allegedly saying he "armed himself with a metal pipe and struck the victim multiple times before placing him within" the cooler.
Miami-Dade County records show Rivera-Peraza is being held without bond.
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