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Medina was charged with first-degree murder and ordered held without bond at his arraignment Friday.

The public defender's office was appointed to represent Medina, who initially appeared confused when an attorney instructed him not to discuss the case with anyone.

Medina's case captured national attention when he posted a public confession of the alleged murder on his Facebook page, followed by a gruesome photo.

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"He would walk around here and kinda patrol the area. He was always telling me there was a lot of stuff going on around here," Dade said.

He said he thought the incident was bizarre and had only a few other interactions with Medina after that.

"He was just different," Dade said.

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According to the affidavit, the 6-foot-2, 200-pound Medina said the couple became involved in a heated argument in an upstairs bedroom when he armed himself with a gun and pointed it at her. He said Alfonso left the bedroom, returning later to say she was leaving him. He says he went downstairs and confronted her in the kitchen, when she began punching him. He claims he went back upstairs to get his gun and confronted her again, at which time she grabbed a knife. Medina said he was able to disarm her and put the knife in a drawer, but that when she began punching him again, he shot her several times, the affidavit says.

The post about the slaying on a Facebook page identified as Medina's went out to friends at 11:11 .a.m. Thursday.

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Facebook spokeswoman Sarah Feinberg said in an email to The Associated Press that she could not comment on a law enforcement investigation but could provide a general comment from the company.

"The content was reported to us," Feinberg wrote. "We took action on the profile — removing the content and disabling the profile, and we reached out to law enforcement. We take action on all content that violates our terms, which are clearly laid out on our site."

Police declined comment on the Facebook posts and said they would have no statements on the case at this time.

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On a personal blog to which the Miami Herald linked, someone named Derek Medina touted e-books of his on subjects ranging from saving marriage through communication to "humans who are gifted and can see the supernatural spirit ghost world we live in."

"The author was with his wife in New York and his wife was attacked by a ghost," he writes, describing the e-book. "She was seeing a ghost and was being taunted and messed with. She informed her husband and he told her to go to sleep and he would watch over her. Minutes later he was attacked by a demon ghost and he was sick and throwing up."

Photos posted by Medina on Wednesday show the family enjoying a meal alongside an unnamed marina and lounging beside a swimming pool.

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Neighbour Phil Eby said he didn't know the couple very well but expressed surprise at the shooting.

"I met him a couple of times. He seemed like a pretty nice guy," Eby said. "But I don't remember her at all."

It wasn't immediately clear if Medina had an attorney.

A company official for The Gables Club, a gated, upscale condominium complex in Coral Gables, said Friday that Medina worked there "briefly," but declined to elaborate on when or why he left the job.

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