( CNN ) -- A Florida homeless man strangled and used an ax to bludgeon to death a 58-year-old who had been counseling him , only to be arrested days later after trying to sell the victim 's collector coins , police said . David-Israel Zenon Murillo was charged with first-degree murder and dealing in stolen property on Monday , five days after Matteo Giovanditto was found dead in his home , a spokeswoman for the Osceola County Sheriff 's Department said . Following tips from Murillo , detectives found `` the murder weapon , '' which sheriff 's spokeswoman Twis Lizasuain described as a hatchet or small ax . The murder was the first ever recorded in the 14-year history of Celebration , a Disney-developed town five miles south of the Magic Kingdom . While being led into court Monday , Murillo accused Giovanditto of attempting to sexually assault him , saying `` he tried to put something in my drink while I was over there . '' `` He was a sick , sick man , '' Murillo said . `` He had what was coming to him . '' The sheriff 's spokeswoman , Twis Lizasuain , said that Murillo was a transient , living most recently in a wooded area near Kissimmee , Florida . Giovanditto was a counselor who worked with Murillo , and even had a small head-shot of the suspect among those on his computer . The two had known one another for the past year , Lizasuain said . Giovanditto was found dead in his apartment on November 29 , and a tip led police the next day to his vehicle in Kissimmee , about 10 miles west . Osceola County Sheriff 's deputies brought Murillo in for questioning on Sunday , after discovering that he 'd tried to sell some of Giovanditto 's coins . Murillo told police that the two were together on November 24 , when he `` became enraged and struck Giovanditto with an ax that he found in a closet , '' a sheriff 's department statement said . He admitted he continued to hit the victim , even slamming his head into the kitchen floor . The medical examiner 's office later concluded that Giovanditto died from blunt force trauma and strangulation , according to the release . The next day , after getting a search warrant , police found Giovanditto 's iPad , cash and collector 's coins at Murillo 's campsite in Kissimmee . Investigators on Monday searched a canal in the area , looking for more evidence based on information from Murillo , as well as a lake near his campsite , Lizasuain said . She said police canvassing the campsite have already found `` significant evidence that corroborated what the suspect told the detectives . '' Murillo is fully cooperating with the detectives , '' said Lizasuain . `` We have a great deal of information ( because of ) what he has provided to them . '' Days after Giovanditto 's death , police stormed the house of another Celebration resident , Craig Foushee , after a standoff . Foushee killed himself , police said . The two incidents , while unrelated , rattled residents of the picture-perfect town . `` It does have a unique flavor or flair that is n't found in a lot of places , '' resident Chris Stellwag said last week of Celebration . `` ( But ) it 's not like living at Disney World . It 's a real town , ( with ) real issues . ''
NEW : Police find the ` ` murder weapon , '' such as a hatchet or small ax . David - Israel Zenon , is accused of killing his wife in central Florida . He was arrested after police found out he was trying to sell the victim 's coins . Murillo tells police that the victim got ` ` what was owed to him ''