A third person of interest has been taken into custody in Puerto Rico as investigators continue to unravel the Florida carjacking that authorities believe left Catherine Altagracia Guerrero de Aguas-Vivas dead.
Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma announced Tuesday that Kevin Ocasio Justiniano, 28, was arrested by U.S. Marshals on unrelated drug trafficking and weapons charges. He is believed to have been the driver of the green Acura seen in the now-viral video of an armed carjacking at a busy Winter Springs intersection on April 11.
Another person of interest currently in custody in Justiniano’s case and an unrelated case, 28-year-old Jordan Torres Garcia, will be referred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Both men are expected to be charged with carjacking resulting in death. Investigators believe Torres-Garcia was the man who approached a white 2017 Dodge Durango Aguas Vivas while brandishing a firearm.
“This case is about drugs and money,” Lema said in a statement. “We believe the most dangerous people involved in this incident have now left our city.”
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Kevin Ocasio Justiniano was detained in Puerto Rico and will be extradited to the United States, where he will be charged with carjacking resulting in death. (Seminole County Sheriff’s Office)
A third person of interest, Giovanny Joel Crespo Hernandez, 27, was transported to Seminole County’s John E. Polk Correctional Facility late Monday night, according to the release. FOX 35 Orlando. He was wanted on unrelated drug charges.
According to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, Hernandez was the last person Aguas-Vivas spoke to on FaceTime before she was killed. Investigators believe she was on her way to meet Hernandez at her home in Casselberry “to deliver her money and other items.”
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Giovanny Joel Crespo Hernandez (left), the last person known to have spoken to Katherine Aguas-Vivas before her death, has not been charged with the carjacking/murder. Investigators say the Jordanian suspect, Torres Garcia (right), approached the victim’s car while brandishing a firearm. (Seminole County Sheriff’s Office)
Hernandez has not been charged in connection with the carjacking/murder. He remains in jail on charges of fentanyl trafficking and marijuana for sale.
Lema said at a news conference Tuesday that Aguas-Vivas’ brother and husband are no longer cooperating with detectives.
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Carjacking/murder victim Katherine Aguas-Vivas (center), the SUV she was driving (left), and the suspect vehicle. (Seminole County Sheriff’s Office)
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“My husband is not supportive at all,” he said. “And we feel like the brothers are working together, but he’s lying to us.”
