The Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that a suspected “serial killer” has been arrested after two women were found strangled in Florida.
Carlos Yadiel Baez Nieves, 25, is suspected in the deaths of Fatia Flowers, 41, and Nicole Daniels, 44, whose bodies were found in March and April, deputies said. arrested.
“Thanks to the relentless efforts of our detectives on this case, they were able to stop Baez-Nieves from becoming a prolific serial killer,” Orange County Sheriff John Mina said at a press conference Monday morning. Told.
Sheriff Mina said Baeznieves was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder on Friday after he was pulled over during a traffic stop for driving with a suspended license.
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During an interview with detectives, officials said Baeznieves, who moved to Central Florida from Puerto Rico in 2020, eventually confessed to both murders.
Officials added that Baez-Nieves targeted the most vulnerable women he could: transient women who traded sex for money.
Sheriff Mina said the community is safer now that it’s off the streets.
“He targeted women who he obviously didn’t want to miss. He murdered them and dumped their bodies like garbage on the roadside. But the great man who knew Fathia and Nicole’s lives We’re very, very grateful and grateful to these detectives.”It’s meaningful and of course they deserve justice just like all of us,” Sheriff Mina said.
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Sheriff John Mina said Baez-Nieves targeted transient women in exchange for sex for money, strangled them after sex, and forced their bodies out of his truck. (Orange County Sheriff’s Office)
Deputies said Baez-Nieves picked up Flowers and Daniels twice, about a month apart, had sex with them and then strangled them to death.
He then drove to the intersection, pushed their lifeless bodies out of the truck and drove home, Mina said.
The investigation began after the bodies of both women were found at the same location, and both victims were transients in the East Orlando area and had a history of drug use, according to arrest affidavits. , other similarities were revealed, including that they were found naked or nearly naked. .
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Orange County Sheriff John Mina said Monday that in a separate incident, a “prospective serial killer” paid two women to have sex with them, then strangled them and abandoned their bodies before he could be arrested. Announced. (Orange County Sheriff’s Office)
Authorities said he was being held without bail in the Orange County Jail on two counts of first-degree murder.
Sheriff Mina said there may be other victims in incidents like this and investigators are working to determine whether Baeznieves was involved in incidents elsewhere in the country. Stated.
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“He murdered two women within a month, so to me that’s the definition of a serial killer. But I think this person is clearly someone who can do this, and in the past… “He may have done that, and the fact that he targeted a woman he thought was impossible to ignore leads us to believe that he is a murderer and will probably kill again.” said.
