Authorities consider they’ve discovered the body of a woman whose carjacking at gunpoint in central Florida was stuck on digicam, moments after she called her husband to inform him that she was being followed.
Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas, 31, was stopped at a purple gentle in Seminole County when a gunman compelled his means into her white Dodge Durango.
Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma stated the gunman had on a black hoodie and a “ski-type of mask” and was sporting what seemed to be an automated handgun.
Authorities consider the gunman had exited a inexperienced Acura that was immediately at the back of De Aguasvivas’ car, Lemma stated at a news convention on Friday.
Cell telephone photos captured through a witness in some other car confirmed the gunman pointing the weapon at the driving force’s facet of De Aguasvivas’ automotive after which entering the again seat.
When the sunshine became inexperienced, De Aguasvivas made a U-turn and the Acura followed.
“She makes a U-turn at that intersection, probably heading, speculation here, but probably heading in a direction where the suspect does not want them to go and we suspect that he orders her to turn around again and re-approach the intersection,” the sheriff advised journalists.
De Aguasvivas then began using towards a brand new building house government consider the suspects had been accustomed to. About an hour and 45 mins after the incident within the video, deputies had been called to the world for a document of a car on fireplace.
Lemma stated there was such a lot injury to the auto that “you could not positively identify the vehicle.” A body was positioned inside of that government consider to be De Aguasvivas, he stated, noting that DNA and dental information want to ascertain the sufferer’s id.
Twelve shell casings from a gun had been additionally discovered at the scene.
It’s no longer transparent when the Acura began following De Aguasvivas, however Lemma advised journalists that this was no longer a random incident and the suspects “knew exactly who they were following.”
“We are once more nonetheless placing in combination to take a look at to provide an explanation for a cause,” he said.
Before the carjacking, De Aguasvivas had called her husband to tell him that someone had rammed the back of her vehicle and was following her, the sheriff said. The husband allegedly told her not to stop anywhere, but neither of them called 911, Lemma said.
“There’s numerous unknowns, numerous issues that may depart folks scratching your head,” he said. “Why did she and her husband no longer name 911? I don’t know. Why did she prevent at the purple gentle? There’s numerous issues that we’ll completely by no means know, however this is a sad incident nonetheless.”
Investigators believe De Aguasvivas, of Homestead in Miami-Dade County, left South Florida shortly after noon Thursday and arrived in Seminole County around 3:30 p.m. She briefly stopped at a Shell gas station before continuing her drive, the sheriff said.
Her husband said she was in central Florida to visit family, according to Lemma. The sheriff said the husband did not provide the names of the family members and law enforcement did not know of any relatives living in the area.
De Aguasvivas and her husband are associated with two businesses, a barber shop and a beauty salon. The sheriff said neither of them has a criminal history in the United States.
“There’s no transparent indicator why someone would do that, why would they aim them,” he said.
Detectives are nonetheless on the lookout for the Acura and requested any person with information to touch the sheriff’s place of business.