info'Blood-covered' Florida man arrested in stabbing death of girlfriend

'Blood-covered' Florida man arrested in stabbing death of girlfriend

When officers arrived, Steven O'Neil Smith, 56, was sitting on the front porch covered in blood. His girlfriend, 69-year-old Beverly Fayson, was found dead inside the house.

Inside the home, officers reportedly found a bloody knife left in the kitchen sink and Smith's bloody shoe prints near the crime scene. Blood was found on the sole's of Smith's shoes as well, officers said.

Smith was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Brevard County Jail without bond.

Smith is being charged with second-degree murder, a felony crime punishable by life in prison.