A person of interest has been arrested as authorities continue to investigate the brutal armed carjacking in Florida that authorities say claimed the life of Catherine Altagracia Guerrero de Aguas-Vivas. Another person is wanted.
Torres Garcia, 28, of Jordan, was arrested by U.S. Marshals on Friday afternoon in an unrelated case, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office announced. Investigators say Torres-Garcia has ties to the green Acura involved in the carjacking, and his Facebook profile photo shows him wearing the same clothing as the suspect seen in the video of the incident. I noticed that there was a person in the photo.
Aguas Vivas, 31, of Homestead, was carjacked on April 11 on a busy road. Winter Springs Crossroads. Video taken by a witness shows a man wearing a black hoodie and mask approach the driver’s side of the white 2017 Dodge Durango she was driving, displaying the weapon and getting into the back seat. was. The Durango and the suspect’s green Acura followed closely, and the two made a U-turn before the video ended.
Aguas-Vivas’ body is believed to have been found inside a burnt-out SUV in Osceola County shortly after the carjacking.
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Torres Garcia, a Jordanian national from Puerto Rico, was reportedly arrested on unrelated weapons charges, according to FOX 35 Orlando. (Seminole County Sheriff’s Office)
“So to answer the question, if this is our shooter, why would he target her?” Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma asked at a news conference Friday. “I can’t answer that question yet.”
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On the left is the carjacking suspect. Facebook profile photo discovered by investigators. (Seminole County Sheriff’s Office)
Aguasvivas’ murder investigation also uncovered a relationship with Giovanny Joel Crespo Hernandez, 27, a man she may have known. Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma said Aguas-Vivas’ brother, Luis Fernando Abreu, searched his iCloud account and found Hernandez, and discovered that Hernandez was the last person Aguas-Vivas spoke to before his death. It turned out that it may have been Mr. Abreu then called Hernandez on FaceTime, took a screenshot of his face, and sent the image to investigators. Lema said detectives matched a 2019 mugshot with Hernandez and found a 98.6% match.
A search warrant was obtained for the Casselberry home where Hernandez and his girlfriend Monixabel Romero Soto, 27, live.
Monixabel Romero Soto is the girlfriend of Person of Interest Giovanny Joel Crespo Hernandez. According to SCSO, the two live together in Casselberry. (Seminole County Sheriff’s Office)
“During the execution of the search warrant, a large amount of fentanyl, cash, and a firearm (not believed to be related to the auto robbery) were discovered,” SCSO shared in its latest update.
Soto was also arrested in Osceola County after allegedly accepting a “controlled delivery by Homeland Security Investigations containing three kilograms of cocaine” at the time the search warrant was being executed.
Giovanny Joel Crespo Hernandez may have been known by carjacking murder victim Catherine Altagracia Guerrero de Aguasvivas. He is an interested party in this case. (Seminole County Sheriff’s Office)
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Hernandez remains at large and is being sought on an active warrant for trafficking fentanyl. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Crimeline at 800-423-8477. Reports remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward. Up to $1,000 or SCSO at 407-665-6650.
