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Tourists in Their 60s Beaten, Woman Strangled, Raped at Rodeway Inn

{snip} Travon Smith appeared in bond court on Thursday and is now sitting behind bars accused of the brutal beating of couple in their late ’60s {snip}

Travon Smith

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One of the victims told Local 10 News they were on vacation and were house hunting in South Florida. Police said that the man opened his hotel room door and was greeted with a punch from Smith who then “bit him on the back of his neck with his teeth,” {snip}

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His 67-year-old wife was strangled and beaten badly, too, according to police. {snip}

Police said Smith also took her to an elevator and forced her to give him oral sex. {snip}

The police report said the woman stated that she was “strangled to the point where she lost her vision.”

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