Florida regulation enforcement say they might have discovered the physique of a lacking lady on Thursday, simply hours after she was kidnapped at gunpoint in broad daylight.
Talking at a information convention on Friday, Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma stated detectives are actually investigating the disappearance of Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvias, 31, as a murder, after stays believed to be hers have been discovered not removed from the place her kidnapping was filmed.
Guerrero De Aguasvias was driving northbound on her option to see household Thursday night when she seen a inexperienced Acura following behind her. It started “ramming” into her again bumper, Lemma informed reporters.
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It was at this second the sufferer referred to as her husband to inform him she was being adopted, and he suggested her, “don’t cease anyplace.”
Video footage captured by a witness and obtained by native TV station WESH’s Stewart Moore reveals Guerrero De Aguasvias’ automotive caught at a purple gentle, with the inexperienced Acura proper behind her.
One of many suspects could be seen within the video popping out of the inexperienced automotive to level his gun at her earlier than she unlocks the again door, permitting him into the rear driver aspect of the automotive.
In response to Lemma, there have been no less than two suspects within the Acura on the time of the incident, however it’s unclear if there might be extra.
Lemma stated a physique was positioned inside a burning automobile parked some 17 miles away. Nevertheless, the scene was “broken to the purpose” the place investigators couldn’t instantly verify that the automotive and stays belonged to Guerrero De Aguasvias.
Along with the automobile and physique, Lemma stated detectives additionally discovered twelve 10mm shell casings on the scene that matched the kind of ammunition used within the gun seen within the video.
There isn’t any recognized motive, Lemma stated, however the suspects appeared to know “precisely who they have been following,” Lemma informed reporters on Friday.
“I think that the place they informed her to go is someplace the place they’ve been earlier than — they appeared very aware of that space down there. I don’t suppose that is randomly, ‘Hey, pull off the highway,’” Lemma stated.
No arrest has been made and authorities are nonetheless looking for the suspects.