Who is Thomas Roy Stein? 16-Year-old Arrested for Murder of Cape Coral Teen Kayla Rincon-Miller

A 16-year-old teen, Thomas Roy Stein, has been arrested as the prime suspect in the murder of Cape Coral teen, Kayla Rincon-Miller.

Rincon-Miller was shot and killed during a robbery whilst walking to a MacDonald’s with friends after watching a movie late Sunday in Lee County, Florida.

A group of teens tried robbing the girls and during the attempt, a gun went off with the bullet striking Kayla.

Thomas Roy Stein was arrested and booked for murder around 1:09 am Wednesday.

A significant police presence responded near Mariana Avenue late Tuesday night.

Thomas Roy Stein, 16, was arrested and booked into a juvenile detention facility off of Ortiz Ave. in Fort Myers.

His booking sheet cited a single charge of “Homicide (Murder While Engaged In Robbery)”

Roy Stein was released from custody at around 3:00 AM on Wednesday morning.

He appeared in court Wednesday and was given a 21-day detention, set to reappear in court on April 8th.

Cape Coral Police said Stein was not acting alone at the time of the shooting, and the investigation remains ongoing.

Investigators said a silver Nissan Pathfinder, rented by Stein’s mother, was used during the robbery, so Rincon-Miller’s family believes Stein was the driver.

They hope he will be forthcoming regarding who was in the car with him.

Kayla Rincon-Miller

A 15-year-old girl was shot and killed while walking with two friends in Cape Coral Sunday night, Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony Sizemore said during a news conference Monday.

Kayla Rincon Miller and two friends were walking to McDonald’s on Del Prado Boulevard South after leaving the Coralwood 10 movie theater when a car pulled up and blinded them with the vehicle’s lights.

Several unknown suspects reportedly exited the vehicle and attempted to rob the three girls when one of the suspects fired a gun, shooting the victim, later identified as Kayla Rincon-Miller, in the chest.

Rincon-Miller was taken to a hospital, where she died.

“One of the girls told detectives a car pulled up and blinded them with their lights, and then suspects jumped out of the car and attempted to rob them,” Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony Sizemore said.

“One of the individuals began to shoot and Ms. Rincon-Miller was struck in the chest. All 3 girls stated they did not know the shooter was.” Sizemore said.

According to her family, Kayla liked basketball, drawing and picking out the perfect pair of shoes to go with her outfit.

Cape Coral

Cape Coral is a city located in Lee County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico.

Founded in 1957 and developed as a planned community, the city’s population had grown to 194,016 as of the 2020 Census, a rise of 26% from the 2010 Census, making it the 130th most populous city in the United States.

With an area of 120 square miles (310 km2), Cape Coral is the largest city between Tampa and Miami in both population and area.

It is the largest and principal city in the Cape Coral – Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city has over 400 mi (640 km) of navigable waterways, more than any other city on earth.

Cape Coral’s history began in 1957 when two brothers from Baltimore, Maryland, Leonard and Jack Rosen, flew over the peninsula known as Redfish Point, across the Caloosahatchee River near present-day Fort Myers.

The brothers, who were real estate developers, purchased a 103-square-mile (270 km2) tract with a small group of partners for $678,000 and in 1958 began development of the city as a planned community.

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