A Florida woman was brutally carjacked and kidnapped in broad daylight, and police believe they found her burnt remains at a construction site hours later.
On the night of April 11, Catherine Altagracia Guerrero de Aguas-Vivas was driving her Dodge Durango through a busy intersection when a man wearing a ski mask jumped out of her Acura and struck her with a 10mm He approached her car pointing a handgun. daily mail report.
Video taken by a bystander shows a 31-year-old Homestead woman being forced to unlock her car door at gunpoint before a man gets into the seat behind her. Guerrero then resumed driving, but another suspect followed in a green Acura sedan.
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A witness who had recorded the horrifying incident from the car behind the suspect called 911, but it was too late.
“A body believed to be Guerrero’s was found several hours later inside a badly charred car,” the newspaper reported.
Seminole County Sheriff Dennis M. Lemma expressed the seriousness of the situation during a press conference Saturday.
“It’s incredibly scary to see this suspect, this criminal get out of his car in broad daylight, put on a hood, carry a weapon and get into his car,” Lema said.
The sheriff further stated that this was not a “coincidence.”
“There’s no clear indicator why someone would do something like this,” Lemma said. “However, we feel and believe this was not a random act of violence. The perpetrators knew exactly who they were going after and why they were going after them. ”
Investigators say the victim, an American citizen from the Dominican Republic, called her husband while the Acura was following them and plowing into the back of the car.
Her husband told her to keep driving, but neither of them called 911.
“There are a lot of unknowns and a lot of things that bother people,” Lema continued. “Why didn’t she and her husband call 911? We don’t know. Why did she stop at a red light? There are so many things we’ll never know, but this is still a tragic This is an incident.”
A body believed to be Guerrero’s was found in Osceola County after police responded to reports of gunshots and smoke coming from a construction site.
The vehicle in which the body was found is believed to be the victim’s car, and official forensic and DNA testing is currently underway.
“Twelve 10mm shell casings and one projectile were also found at the scene.” daily mail I got it.
No details regarding the suspect have been released and the investigation is still ongoing.
