Overview
- U.S. Marshals arrested Matthew Allen Waggle, 33, at a motel near Dunbar, West Virginia, late Wednesday after a multi‑agency search.
- Deputies found Dawn Kriskewic with an apparent gunshot wound in the 500 block of 1st Street in Vero Beach and she was later pronounced dead following life‑saving efforts; investigators first responded after a 911 call on Sunday morning.
- Investigators are treating Kriskewic’s death as a domestic‑violence homicide and named Waggle the person of interest, saying the two had an on‑and‑off relationship and that he fled the scene in a vehicle.
- Law enforcement credited Flock license‑plate readers, Real Time Crime Center analysis, security camera footage and traditional detective work for tracking Waggle’s movements from the Orlando area through interstate bus and rideshare trips to West Virginia.
- Waggle faces a first‑degree murder charge, detectives are arranging his return to Indian River County, a sheriff’s news conference is scheduled, and authorities ask anyone with information to contact Det. M. Kachele or Treasure Coast Crime Stoppers.