Miya Marcano ‘suspect’ kills himself after ‘using key fob to enter missing teen’s home’ where cops found bloody pillow

A DESPERATE search is underway for a missing college student in Florida who vanished from her apartment last week, leaving behind signs of a violent struggle.

Miya Marcano, a 19-year-old Valencia College sophomore, was last seen at around 5pm on Friday at the Arden Villas apartments in Orlando, where she lives and works in the building's leasing office.

The teen had been scheduled to catch a flight from Orlando to Fort Lauderdale later that night to visit her family.

However, she never boarded the plane and hasn't been heard from or seen since, worried loved ones told WESH.

'SIGNS OF STRUGGLE'

During a subsequent search of her apartment, authorities found that someone had blocked the door to her bedroom.

Meanwhile, the window in the bedroom was unlocked, the room was in disarray, and a bloodstain was found on her pillow.

The worrying discovery prompted concern for Marcano's safety.

In a post to Instagram, the student's father Marlon Marcano wrote there were "signs of a struggle in her apartment - and she may be in danger."

Then, in a press conference on Monday, police announced that a person on interest in her disappearance, 27-year-old Armando Manuel Caballero, had been found dead from an apparent suicide.

Authorities say Caballero had been a maintenance man at Marcano's apartment complex since June.

SUSPECT'S 'OBSESSION'

According to Orange County Sheriff John Mina, Caballero expressed a romantic interest in Marcano which was repeatedly denied by the teenager.

The missing teen's father said he spoke to his daughter on Friday afternoon but never heard from her once she finished work.

Mina said on Monday that a maintenance-issued master key fob, which Caballero was known to have, was used to enter Marcano's apartment 30 minutes before the end of her shift.

An arrest warrant had been issued for Caballero for burglary related to him entering her apartment without permission, Mina said.

As an investigation into her disappearance continues, friends and family members are pleading for information about Marcano's whereabouts.

"All we ask you is help us bring Miya home," Marcano's grandmother Joysue Thompson told WESH during a vigil outside of her apartment on Sunday.

"Bring her home safe, just drop her off and let us know where she is and we'll pick her up – just bring her home."

FAMILY PLEAD FOR ANSWERS

Semone Westmaas, Marcano’s aunt, told the Orlando Sentinel that the family wouldn't be leaving Orlando "without answers" and until they "bring Miya home."

“Keep Miya in your prayers,” Westmaas said. “Don’t give up on Miya. I believe Miya is alive.”

In his post to Instagram, Marcano's father wrote: "Mimi, my heart is aching. I haven’t slept or eaten in days. Where are you baby??? Your whole family is here looking for you.

"We will not stop until you’re back home. I’m slowly losing my mind over here. Never have we ever gone so long without even a text message to each other."

He continued: "If your able to read this message, please know that your Daddy and the entire world loves you. Please don’t lose faith. We will find you…. I love you always and forever!"

Marcano was last seen wearing a red shirt, jeans and a black hoodie, according to the apartment complex where she also worked.

She is described as being five feet tall and weighing 130 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is being asked to call at 407-836-4357.