Man accused of attack on woman at RPB park
Victim’s body spotted near train tracks; blood trail led to suspect.
Police say Carlos Andresil, 20, roughed up woman in Commons Park restroom after she refused his offer to pay her for sex.
LAKE WORTH — A Lake Worth man accused of killing another man with a sword told detectives he was acting in self-defense after being sexually harassed, according to an arrest report.
George Christopher Livingston, 51, is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of David T. Beckett, 58. Beckett’s body was seen by a Tri-Rail passenger by the railroad tracks near Seventh Avenue North, the report said.
The passenger alerted law enforcement, who found Beckett’s body on Saturday afternoon covered in blood resting on the track’s gravel shoulder. Following a trail of blood, Palm Beach County sheriff ’s deputies tracked down a sword 3 to 4 feet long a short distance away.
Another blood trail led deputies to a tent inside a makeshift homeless camp near where they found Livingston.
“He attacked me,” Livingston said. His right hand was wrapped in a bandage and both hands were bloody, the report said.
A witness in the homeless camp told deputies that when she inquired about the cut, Livingston responded: “He tried to rape me.”
Asked to identify the attacker, Livingston allegedly said: “Don’t worry . ... That person is probably going to die.”
Another witness at the camp said he saw Livingston chasing Beckett with the sword in his hand. Livingston returned, the man said, but Beckett did not.
During questioning, Livingston asked deputies why they were “interrogating and harassing the aggressor when the assailant has threatened my life continually.”
Livingston also said that Beckett fell on the sword, according to the report.
Livingston was ordered held without bail on Saturday.
Records show that Livingston has been arrested in Palm Beach County nine times, including a 2011 arrest at the Boynton Beach Mall when he was found with a 9-inch knife walking in the mall’s children area.
During booking in that case, police stated that Livingston demanded to know “why did the other officer take my pocket knife but not my Taser.” Police then searched Livingston again and found the Taser.
The case never went to trial.