FAU student threatens to kill professor for scheduling 7 a.m. final exam, police say

Rafael Decomas accused of posting threat on Twitter
By Peter Burke - Local10.com Managing Editor
Posted: 9:06 AM, December 03, 2018


Rafael Decomas is accused of posting a threat to kill a Florida Atlantic University professor on Twitter.

BOCA RATON, Fla. - A Florida Atlantic University student is accused of posting a threat to kill one of his professors on Twitter.

Rafael Decomas, 20, of Riviera Beach, was arrested last week on a charge of sending a written threat to kill.

According to an FAU police report, a Twitter post published about 1 a.m. Tuesday read, "Bey I gern f---ing kill dis professor bey this is my confession to a premeditated murder." The tweet was posted from "@Ashelaniqua, Cutie Claus."

FAU police said they were able to trace the account to Decomas because the Twitter profile linked him to the Caribbean Student Association...

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