An Orange County man actually told WESH 2 that he buried a friend who died of an overdose in his backyard.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office was investigating a home near Universal Orlando Resort in the 5000 block of Glasgow Avenue Sunday after finding a buried body at the home.
The homeowner, Greg Palermo, told WESH reporter Michelle Meredith that he found his friend dead at his home from a heroin overdose. Palermo said he panicked because of previous arrest on a drug charge and decided to bury the man in his backyard.
“I made a bad decision because I was scared,” Palermo told WESH.
The homeowner told deputies about the body while they were searching his house for drugs on a warrant, the TV station reports.
Orlando Weekly reached out to the Sheriff’s Office for comment but did not receive an immediate response. Watch Palermo’s full interview with WESH here.
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This article appears in Apr 11-17, 2019.