{"id":15049,"date":"2018-11-30T17:14:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T22:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=15049"},"modified":"2021-01-20T12:51:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T17:51:45","slug":"former-wolfson-campus-employee-wilfredo-zarrabeitia-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/former-wolfson-campus-employee-wilfredo-zarrabeitia-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Wolfson Campus Employee Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Juana Romero got a call from Martiza Albalat on Nov. 5, she was horrified by the news she heard. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her friend Wilfredo Zarrabeitia, who worked at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/search\/?q=%22wolfson%20campus%22&amp;_siq_page=1&amp;_siq_sort=relevance\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wolfson Campus<\/span><\/a> for three decades before retiring in 2015, was dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zarrabeitia was killed in the area of N.E. 12 Ave. and N.E. 114 St. on Nov. 4 around 6:20 p.m., according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/global\/police\/home.page\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Miami-Dade Police Department<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was 67. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it,\u201d \u00a0Romero said. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The homicide is an open investigation, according to Chris Thomas, a public information officer for MDPD. Police are offering a $3,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before retiring, Zarrabeitia was a parking garage specialist at Wolfson Campus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhatever you needed, he was there for you,\u201d said Jose S<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e1<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nchez, the help desk supervisor at the Virtual College. \u201cI came to find out that he was special to many other people because, just like he went out of his way to make my day better and make me feel special, he would do the same with everyone he encountered.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zarrabeitia was born on Oct. 28,1951. He came from Havana, Cuba in the early \u201980s and soon went to work at Wolfson Campus as a mailroom clerk. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romero met him when she was a student in 1986. Zarrabeitia became her mentor, teaching her the ins-and-outs of the mailroom. When she was hired as a mailroom clerk at North Campus in 1998, she was prepared. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe was a very intelligent person,\u201d Romero said. \u201cI learned a lot from him.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Cristina Mateo, senior director of campus administration at Wolfson Campus, whenever Zarrabeitia walked or rode a scooter around campus, he was on the lookout for anything peculiar. He would then report his findings to public safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the Miami Book Fair rolled into downtown, Albalat remembers they would hand paint posters. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou said \u2018Wilfredo\u2019 and everyone knew who he was,\u201d Albalat said. \u201cHe was a character on campus.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zarrabeitia is survived by his children, Tatiana Zarrabeitia and Joshua Zarrabeitia. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone with information about the crime can call Detective J. Segovia at (305) 471-2400 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-8477.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Juana Romero got a call from Martiza Albalat on Nov. 5, she was horrified by the news she heard. \u00a0 Her friend Wilfredo Zarrabeitia, who worked at Wolfson Campus for three decades before retiring in 2015, was dead. 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