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Documents: Suspect admits to deadly Seminole carjacking, said he was paid to 'deliver' victim
WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. — According to new charging documents, a man accused of being involved in the deadly Seminole carjacking admitted to the crime and said he was paid to do so. In a criminal complaint obtained by WESH, an FBI special agent said there is probable cause to...
Suspect in deadly Seminole carjacking was paid to ‘deliver’ South Florida woman, investigators say
Jordanish Torres-Garcia, one of the prime suspects in the carjacking and killing of 31-year-old Katherine Guerrero De Aguasvivas, told investigators he was paid to deliver her after she came to Winter Springs, according to a criminal complaint filed by federal prosecutors. Torres-Garcia faces a charge of carjacking resulting in death along with Kevin Ocasio Justiniano in the April 11 killing ...
Ex-deputy linked to fatal carjacking of Homestead woman seeks redemption: ‘I just want my life back’
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A former Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Wednesday who was arrested and relieved of duty after investigators say he inserted himself into a fatal carjacking and shooting case of a Homestead woman is now sharing his side of the story. Francisco Estrella, who is accused...
Deadly Florida carjacking suspect was paid $1,500 to ‘deliver’ victim, complaint says
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A suspect in a deadly carjacking was paid $1,500 to “deliver” the victim, according to a federal criminal complaint. Jordanish Torres-Garcia is facing a federal charge of carjacking resulting in death. Torres-Garcia allegedly admitted to being the person who exited a green Acura on April 11 and approached the vehicle of […]
In Seminole County, a Black community will finally get a promised community center
After more than a decade of promises to the historic Black community of East Altamonte, Seminole County will build a community center on 12 acres where the now-shuttered Rosenwald School stood — a relic of school segregation. “I am passionate about Rosenwald. But I am angry about it,” said Cora Snead, 81, an East Altamonte resident who attended elementary school and later taught at Rosenwald. ...
Crash causes major delays on I-4 eastbound in Seminole
A crash involving a military Humvee that earlier shut down Interstate 4 eastbound in Seminole County has backed up traffic for miles as emergency vehicles work the scene on Wednesday afternoon. The crash that occurred just before 3 p.m. near mile marker 88 before Lake Mary Boulevard initially closed down all traffic on the interstate, according to FL511. It reopened with just a stream of cars ...
Orlando Suspect in Seminole County Carjacking Murder Alleges He Was Hired for Abduction
The tangled web of a fatal carjacking in Seminole County, Florida unfolded further this Thursday as Jordanish Torres-Garcia, accused of the April 11 murder, made his first federal court appearance in Orlando. The 28-year-old suspect claimed he was hired to abduct the victim, Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas, and was provided with the firearm utilized in the crime, WKMG reported.
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