Lorenzo Coleman remains jailed as the court prepares to consider prosecutors’ request for continued pretrial detention.
NAPLES, Fla. — A judge ordered a 25-year-old man held without bond on two murder charges during his first court appearance in the shooting deaths of two women inside an Immokalee home.
Lorenzo Coleman appeared Tuesday before Collier County Judge Deborah Cunningham on two counts of second-degree murder with a firearm, child abuse and grand theft auto. Coleman asked the court to appoint a public defender to represent him.
Prosecutors requested that Coleman remain in custody without bond on the murder counts. Cunningham granted the request pending a pretrial detention hearing, where the court is expected to consider whether he should continue to be held as the case moves forward.
The judge set bond at $50,000 on the child abuse charge and $25,000 on the grand theft charge. Those amounts do not allow Coleman to leave jail while the no-bond orders on the murder charges remain in effect.
Cunningham also ordered Coleman to have no contact with the victims’ families. If he is released at a later point, he would be required to wear a GPS monitor and would not be allowed to possess firearms.
Coleman is accused of killing 25-year-old Eliza Torres and a 29-year-old woman inside a home on North Ninth Street on Friday, July 10. Authorities had not publicly identified the second woman as of Wednesday.
The Collier County Sheriff’s Office said deputies went to the home at about 8:34 a.m. after receiving a report of a possible shooting. Deputies found both women dead inside the residence, according to investigators.
Authorities said Coleman knew both women and left the area in a white Dodge Challenger that had been reported stolen. Lee County deputies arrested him at about 10 a.m. after responding to a disturbance on Lone Star Lane in Lehigh Acres.
Investigators said the child abuse charge is connected to a child who witnessed the shooting. Officials have not released the child’s identity or additional details because the case involves a minor.
No motive has been publicly announced, and the allegations against Coleman have not been proven in court. The sheriff’s office said the homicide investigation remains active while the criminal case proceeds in Collier County.
Author note: Last updated July 15, 2026.