What started out as a response to an alarm call by Osceola Sheriff deputies ended as a 1st degree murder charge and arrest in Kissimmee on Tuesday. A 30 year old man was found dead in his Kissimmee apartment at 3137 Britannia Blvd at 11:15am after sheriff deputies responded to an alarm call and discovered 45 year old Scott Douglas Waddell in his apartment.

Waddell was not cooperative with deputies after they discovered a deceased male, 30 year old Nicholas Anthony Covino in the apartment, and after investigating further Waddell was placed under arrest and charged with 1st Degree murder.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office at 407- 348-2222.