A Florida man has been charged in the carjacking and brutal death of 31-year-old Katherine Guerrero De Aguasvivas.
Jordonish Garcia Torres, 28, Orlando, faces a maximum penalty of death or life imprisonment.
On April 11, a masked man in a hoodie emerged from a vehicle at a traffic light and pointed a semiautomatic rifle at Katherine.
The man, later identified as 28-year-old Jordanish Torres-Garcia, jumped into her vehicle and sped away, leaving a stunned community in his wake.
Little did anyone know that this carjacking would lead to a heinous act of violence.
Tragically, just hours after the carjacking, Guerrero De Aguasvivas’ lifeless body was discovered inside her burned-out vehicle in another county near Orlando.
Kevin Ocasio Justiniano, the driver of the vehicle Torres-Garcia jumped out of, was also taken into custody in Puerto Rico on unrelated drug trafficking and weapons charges.
During the subsequent investigation, Torres-Garcia stunned authorities with a chilling revelation: he claimed to have been paid to kidnap Guerrero De Aguasvivas and deliver her to an unidentified individual.
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According to court documents, he admitted to receiving $1,500 for his role in this shocking crime. This revelation unveiled a sinister plot that would leave a community in mourning.
Court documents reveal the intricate legal proceedings that followed the arrests. Torres-Garcia’s public defender requested to be removed from the case due to a conflict of interest, leading to his appointment of a new court-appointed attorney.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, the St. Cloud Police Department, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the United States Marshals Service.
It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Stephanie McNeff and Michael P. Felicetta.
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