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Everything to know: Deadly Seminole carjacking linked to 2nd murder, deputy's arrest

Everything to know: Deadly Seminole carjacking linked to 2nd murder, deputy's arrest
LIVE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY GREG FOX, WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT, NOW TO ANOTHER HIGH PROFILE CASE. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS AND PROSECUTORS NOW OFFICIALLY HAVE TAKEN THE LEAD IN THE CARJACKING, KIDNAPING AND MURDER OF A SOUTH FLORIDA WOMAN. THIS IS A CASE THAT HAS SEVERAL CRIME SCENES SPANNING SEVERAL COUNTIES. WESH 2 NEWS DAVE MCDANIEL IS LIVE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, WHERE THE TRANSITION WAS MADE OFFICIAL. DAVE. WELL, THAT’S RIGHT. THE U.S. ATTORNEY TODAY SAYING THAT IT WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY ABOUT ALL OF THE POLICE AGENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS CASE. THE SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE. OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, SAINT CLOUD POLICE, ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYING THAT ALL OF THAT WORK HAS BEEN QUICK AND ACCURATE, AND IT’S ALREADY LED TO SEVERAL CASES ALREADY BEING FILED. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, WITH MULTIPLE COUNTIES, MULTIPLE CRIME SCENES, ALL ALL AGREED THAT THE BEST PATH MOVING FORWARD IS TO REALLY CONSOLIDATE ALL THE CASES UNDER THE FEDERAL UMBRELLA MOVING FORWARD. THE CARJACKING EARLIER THIS MONTH OF 31. YEAR-OLD CATHERINE AGUAS VIVAS HAS LED TO CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST FOUR PEOPLE ALREADY DRUG AND WEAPONS CHARGES FOR THREE PEOPLE. BUT A FEDERAL CHARGE OF CARJACKING LEADING TO DEATH AGAINST JORDAN TORRES GARCIA, THE INVESTIGATIVE AGENCIES ON ALL OF THESE CASES HAVE WORKED TOGETHER WITH A SHARED GOAL OF PROTECTING THE PUBLIC, DOING JUSTICE FOR THE VICTIM, AND SEEKING TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE ANYONE INVOLVED IN HER CARJACKING AND MURDER. BUT WITH THE CARJACKING IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, THE BURNING CAR WITH THE VICTIM’S BODY INSIDE IN OSCEOLA COUNTY AND THE GREEN SUSPECT CAR AT AN ORANGE COUNTY MURDER, ALL AGREED THAT FEDERAL AGENCIES WOULD TAKE JURISDICTION OVER ALL OF IT. COMBATING VIOLENT CRIME IS A TOP PRIORITY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE INVESTIGATORS HAVE SAID. DRUGS AND MONEY SEEM TO BE THE DRIVING FORCE THAT AGUAS VIVAS WAS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED, THAT IT WAS ANYTHING BUT RANDOM. IT WAS A GRUESOME MURDER. THE VICTIM WAS SHOT SEVERAL TIMES AND HER BODY WAS FOUND IN A BURNING CAR, THE U.S. ATTORNEY SAYING THE FBI, DEA, U.S. MARSHALS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND POSTAL INSPECTORS WILL TAKE THE VALUABLE WORK BY LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES AND MOVE THE CASES FORWARD. THE UNIFIED GOALS THE SAME. THE GOALS OF THIS HAVE BEEN TO NEUTRALIZE ANY THREAT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH, METHODICAL, COMPREHENSIVE, METICULOUS AND UNRELENT ING INVESTIGATION THAT WILL BRING JUSTICE TO THE VICTIM AND HOLD EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE. WHO WAS INVOLVED IN HER CARJACKING AND MURDER. AND AGAIN, THE SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF SAYING THIS IS THE OFFICIAL HAND OFF AND THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOW IN CHARGE OF THE MULTIPLE LAYERS INVOLVED IN THIS CASE. BUT IT COMES WITH A PLEDGE AND A PROMISE, A PLEDGE AND A PROMISE THAT ANYONE INVOLVED IN WHAT HAPPENED TO CATHERINE AGUAS VIVAS WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND
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Everything to know: Deadly Seminole carjacking linked to 2nd murder, deputy's arrest
Law enforcement officials are trying to uncover more information after a woman was caught on video being carjacked on April 11 in Seminole County and then found dead hours later in a different county.According to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, this case may be connected to an Orange County murder that happened just one day before and also the termination of an Orange County Sheriff's Office deputy.Here's everything we know about the cases so far. December 2023 - March 2024: A unique vehicleAccording to Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma, the 2002 green Acura seen in the Seminole County carjacking video is unique because only three exist in the state of Florida. Furthermore, two of those Acuras have been salvaged, Lemma said, which means only one exists in the state to this day. The vehicle's previous owner, a family in Winter Springs, sold the green Acura to a legitimate dealership in December. Lemma said the dealership sent the car to an auto auction, where another seller purchased the car and then sold it in Seminole County. According to Lemma, the final buyers of the car never came back to complete the paperwork needed to transfer ownership of the vehicle. "The car has been out on the streets, probably since February, unregistered, undocumented," Lemma said. The first time law enforcement came into contact with this unique car was on March 19, Lemma said. It was towed from an Orlando apartment complex for being parked illegally. April 10: Orange County murderWeeks after that rare Acura was taken from an Orlando apartment complex, Lemma said the tow truck driver who towed it became a murder victim in Orange County. According to deputies, 39-year-old Juan Luis Cintron Garcia was shot to death in Taft in April. At the scene, officials had laid down dozens of evidence markers. Lemma said more than 100 rounds were fired at Garcia, who died from his wounds after being rushed to the hospital. A manager at JL Towing confirmed to WESH 2 that Garcia was the owner of the business. The manager said it's tough right now, but they're focusing on their business and letting justice take its course. Orange County officials reported after the shooting that Garcia was targeted and they were confident this was not a random act.Lemma says the green Acura was located at the scene. Court records indicate that Garcia lived at the same address as his wife and two children until he was arrested on March 29 and charged with battery and domestic violence against his wife.Garcia was also arrested in January 2018 and charged with battery and domestic violence against his former wife, but the State Attorney elected not to prosecute the case.April 11: Deadly Seminole County carjackingOne day after the murder of the tow truck driver in Taft, a 31-year-old woman was carjacked, kidnapped and murdered. According to Lemma, Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas left South Florida on Thursday around noon. The woman came into Seminole County through downtown Orlando and Interstate 4. Around 3:30 p.m., Aguasvivas stopped at a gas station for about 10 minutes before heading into Winter Springs. Just before a turn at East Lake Drive and Tuskawilla Road, Aguasvivas noticed the green Acura running into her back bumper. She called her husband right before she was carjacked.While her husband told her not to stop, neither of them called 911. RELATED: Amid deadly Seminole County carjacking case, here's how experts say you can stay safeLuckily, somebody captured the carjacking on video, or Lemma said nobody would have begun looking for Aguasvivas. In the video, someone believed to be one of the occupants from the green Acura was seen pointing a gun at Aguasvivas and then getting into the vehicle. This happened around 5:30 p.m., officials say. "He was chasing a car, hitting a car, got out of the car with a hood over his face, with a machine gun it looked like, got in the car with the other guy," a 911 caller said.Aguasvivas started driving towards the Seminole-Orange County line and got onto State Road 417 southbound, probably under the dictatorship of the armed suspect, Lemma said. Less than two hours later, witnesses near a construction site off Boggy Creek Road reported hearing gunshots and seeing smoke. When officials went to the scene, they found an SUV set on fire and a dead body. Lemma said they needed dental records and DNA to confirm that it was Aguasvivas' body, but he said they were confident it was her. Officials also found a dozen 10 mm handgun shells at the scene, which are extremely rare to see on the streets, Lemma said. He added that these were the same shells found at the Taft shooting a day before.April 13: Green Acura found again One day after Lemma announced they were conducting a murder investigation in Seminole County, officials located the green Acura suspected to be linked to the killings of Aguasvivas and Garcia. The vehicle was once again found abandoned at an Orange County apartment complex and towed. Lemma said the car was transported to the Orange County Sheriff's Office to be evaluated for evidence. April 14: Orange County deputy arrestedOn Monday, the SCSO announced that an Orange County deputy had been arrested on Sunday and was facing five felony charges related to disclosing secret information. Deputy Francisco Estrella, 33, was hired by OCSO in September of 2022 but has now been relieved of all law enforcement duties without pay while the criminal case is underway. Estrella is facing charges of interception of wire, oral or electronic communication; disclosure of wire, oral or electronic communication; disclosure or use of confidential criminal justice information; unlawful use of a two-way communication device; and accessing computer or electronic devices without authorization or exceeding authorization. According to Lemma, this deputy's wife is childhood friends with the husband of Aguasvivas, and these charges are related to the couple feeding investigative information to the deceased woman's husband. Lemma says the deputy and his wife illegally accessed a law enforcement database and pulled up personal information about the lead detective in this murder case, including their home address and signatures. Additionally, Lemma said this deputy called the Seminole County Sheriff's Office detective, used a fake name and title during a conversation, recorded the call and sent it all back to Aguasvivas' husband, who was on his way to Seminole County with Aguasvivas' brother for an interview. "We know this deputy shared this information with the decedent's husband, Miguel, but at this point in time, we don't know who else he shared it with," Lemma said. "They're getting fed all this information from the Orange County deputy. 'Here's where she lives, here's the detective's name, here's a recording of our conversation,'" Lemma said. "He's feeding all that information back. Why? We're going to find that out."The sheriff describes the husband of Aguasvivas as cooperative, adding that he surrendered his phone for a forensic examination. That is when they found the communication between him and the OCSO deputy. "I'd describe the husband as cooperative, but quite frankly, I think he knows a lot more than what he shared," Lemma said. At the time of the kidnapping and murder, he told the detective that his wife was traveling to Central Florida to visit family members. Detectives could originally find no family members in the area but later identified two friends who lived nearby. Still, Lemma said neither of them was expecting a visit from Aguasvivas. Lemma emphasized that the husband was not a suspect or person of interest at this time. April 19: Persons of interest identifiedAlmost a week after the deputy's arrest, Lemma released the names of two persons of interest in the deadly carjacking case. Twenty-eight-year-old Jordanish Torres-Garcia was arrested by the United States Marshals Services on unrelated charges. According to the sheriff, there were connections between Torres-Garcia and the green Acura. Lemma said the green Acura was advertised on Facebook marketplace, and Torres-Garcia reached out and showed up to the dealership to buy it.Additionally, Torres-Garcia's Facebook profile photo appeared to have the same clothes as the alleged shooter involved in the carjacking case, Lemma said. A phone number used to purchase the Acura also matched an Orange County burglary report for Torres-Garcia.Twenty-seven-year-old Giovany Joel Crespo Hernandez, who is believed to be the last person Aguasvivas spoke to before the carjacking, was also identified as a person of interest. According to the sheriff, Aguasvivas's brother found the number through his sister's iCloud account. When he called the number via FaceTime, he took a screenshot of the person who answered and sent that photo to investigators. Deputies identified Hernandez by running the image of his face through a database called "Faces," which matched the face of a 2019 arrest in Orange County. Lemma said deputies obtained a search warrant for Hernandez's home and found fentanyl and a gun while there. Hernandez lives with his girlfriend. She accepted a delivery containing three kilos of cocaine and was arrested in Osceola County while the search warrant was being executed, deputies say. April 23: Persons of interest face charges in connection to carjacking, family cooperation faltersShortly after Seminole County officials identified two people potentially involved in the crime, Lemma announced a third person of interest and added that evidence showed two of these three people were suspects expected to face federal charges.On April 23, the Seminole sheriff revealed that a third person of interest, identified as 28-year-old Kevin Ocasio Justiniano, was arrested in Puerto Rico the day before on unrelated drugs and weapons charges. This comes after the announcement that Hernandez, the person of interest from the week before, had turned himself in to authorities in Central Florida. Confident that the most dangerous people involved were off the street, Lemma revealed more information about the connections between all three men and the deadly carjacking. According to Lemma, officials were able to identify Justiniano by a red Toyota Corolla that was located at the same apartment complex where the green Acura seen in the carjacking video was abandoned. Officials accessed security footage from the complex and were able to see what Lemma described as the suspects cleaning up the Acura and then leaving in the red Corolla.That red Corolla was driven by Justiniano and was registered to a relative of his, Lemma said.Lemma added that investigators were still waiting for multiple pieces of evidence, but one thing they did have was access to phone records. The sheriff said these records place Justiniano, as well as Torres-Garcia, at the scene of the kidnapping. The sheriff believes Justiniano was the one driving the green Acura while Torres-Garcia was the one threatening Aguasvivas with a gun in the video. According to Lemma, both Justiniano and Torres-Garcia are expected to face federal charges of carjacking resulting in death.While Hernandez is still only charged on an unrelated case, Lemma said he believed Aguasvivas was on her way to see him. Aguasvivas' brother later revealed to officials that she was in Seminole County to deliver money and "other stuff" to a friend, Lemma said.Lemma added that while he previously said the husband and brother were cooperating in the investigation, that has stopped completely."The husband is no longer cooperating with us. The brother has been crossed up in multiple lies," Lemma said. "The husband is not cooperating at all, and the brother feels like he's cooperating but he's telling us lies."April 24: Court documents releasedAccording to new charging documents released nearly two weeks after the deadly carjacking, Torres-Garcia admitted to being involved in the deadly carjacking and said he was paid to do so. According to the document, Torres-Garcia admitted to being the suspect who exited the green Acura and approached the victim's vehicle holding a gun. Torres-Garcia said the gun, an AR-15, was given to him approximately 30 minutes before the carjacking, the document says.Torres-Garcia said a subject met with him near the area of Lake Drive in Casselberry to give him the weapon, the document reads. Torres-Garcia added that the gun was not loaded.Torres-Garcia also said he was paid $1,500 "to take the victim and deliver her to another individual," according to the document.He faced a federal judge one day later. April 29: Investigation turned over to federal officialsOn April 29, Lemma gave a final update on the deadly carjacking to officially hand the case over to federal officials with the U.S. State Attorney's Office.Because of the complexity of the case and all the jurisdictions the investigation spans, local law enforcement officials agreed it was best to hand the case over to one entity.Now, the FBI, DEA, U.S. Marshals, Homeland Security and Postal Inspectors will take the valuable work by local agencies and move the cases forward. United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Roger Handberg emphasized that at this point, only Torres-Garcia has been charged federally in connection to the kidnapping and murder. According to Handberg, the federal charge of carjacking resulting in death may be punishable by life in prison or even the possibility of the death penalty.The three other people officials say may be involved in this case, including Justiniano, Crespo Hernandez and Crespo Hernandez's girlfriend all face state and federal charges related to drugs and weapons, but not yet for the carjacking. Handberg did not lay out what’s next when it comes to the investigation, but promised it would be "relentless.""We are going to conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation. If we can charge anyone related to this case, or anyone who we discover is related to another case, that is what we're going to do," Handberg said. "This is going to be a very comprehensive investigation and prosecution."

Law enforcement officials are trying to uncover more information after a woman was caught on video being carjacked on April 11 in Seminole County and then found dead hours later in a different county.

According to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, this case may be connected to an Orange County murder that happened just one day before and also the termination of an Orange County Sheriff's Office deputy.

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Here's everything we know about the cases so far.

December 2023 - March 2024: A unique vehicle

According to Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma, the 2002 green Acura seen in the Seminole County carjacking video is unique because only three exist in the state of Florida. Furthermore, two of those Acuras have been salvaged, Lemma said, which means only one exists in the state to this day.

The vehicle's previous owner, a family in Winter Springs, sold the green Acura to a legitimate dealership in December. Lemma said the dealership sent the car to an auto auction, where another seller purchased the car and then sold it in Seminole County.

According to Lemma, the final buyers of the car never came back to complete the paperwork needed to transfer ownership of the vehicle.

"The car has been out on the streets, probably since February, unregistered, undocumented," Lemma said.

The first time law enforcement came into contact with this unique car was on March 19, Lemma said. It was towed from an Orlando apartment complex for being parked illegally.

April 10: Orange County murder

Weeks after that rare Acura was taken from an Orlando apartment complex, Lemma said the tow truck driver who towed it became a murder victim in Orange County.

According to deputies, 39-year-old Juan Luis Cintron Garcia was shot to death in Taft in April. At the scene, officials had laid down dozens of evidence markers. Lemma said more than 100 rounds were fired at Garcia, who died from his wounds after being rushed to the hospital.

A manager at JL Towing confirmed to WESH 2 that Garcia was the owner of the business. The manager said it's tough right now, but they're focusing on their business and letting justice take its course.

Orange County officials reported after the shooting that Garcia was targeted and they were confident this was not a random act.

Lemma says the green Acura was located at the scene.

Court records indicate that Garcia lived at the same address as his wife and two children until he was arrested on March 29 and charged with battery and domestic violence against his wife.

Garcia was also arrested in January 2018 and charged with battery and domestic violence against his former wife, but the State Attorney elected not to prosecute the case.

April 11: Deadly Seminole County carjacking

One day after the murder of the tow truck driver in Taft, a 31-year-old woman was carjacked, kidnapped and murdered.

According to Lemma, Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas left South Florida on Thursday around noon. The woman came into Seminole County through downtown Orlando and Interstate 4. Around 3:30 p.m., Aguasvivas stopped at a gas station for about 10 minutes before heading into Winter Springs.

Just before a turn at East Lake Drive and Tuskawilla Road, Aguasvivas noticed the green Acura running into her back bumper. She called her husband right before she was carjacked.

While her husband told her not to stop, neither of them called 911.

RELATED: Amid deadly Seminole County carjacking case, here's how experts say you can stay safe

Luckily, somebody captured the carjacking on video, or Lemma said nobody would have begun looking for Aguasvivas.

In the video, someone believed to be one of the occupants from the green Acura was seen pointing a gun at Aguasvivas and then getting into the vehicle. This happened around 5:30 p.m., officials say.

"He was chasing a car, hitting a car, got out of the car with a hood over his face, with a machine gun it looked like, got in the car with the other guy," a 911 caller said.

Aguasvivas started driving towards the Seminole-Orange County line and got onto State Road 417 southbound, probably under the dictatorship of the armed suspect, Lemma said.

Less than two hours later, witnesses near a construction site off Boggy Creek Road reported hearing gunshots and seeing smoke.

When officials went to the scene, they found an SUV set on fire and a dead body. Lemma said they needed dental records and DNA to confirm that it was Aguasvivas' body, but he said they were confident it was her.

Officials also found a dozen 10 mm handgun shells at the scene, which are extremely rare to see on the streets, Lemma said. He added that these were the same shells found at the Taft shooting a day before.

April 13: Green Acura found again

One day after Lemma announced they were conducting a murder investigation in Seminole County, officials located the green Acura suspected to be linked to the killings of Aguasvivas and Garcia.

The vehicle was once again found abandoned at an Orange County apartment complex and towed. Lemma said the car was transported to the Orange County Sheriff's Office to be evaluated for evidence.

April 14: Orange County deputy arrested

On Monday, the SCSO announced that an Orange County deputy had been arrested on Sunday and was facing five felony charges related to disclosing secret information.

Deputy Francisco Estrella, 33, was hired by OCSO in September of 2022 but has now been relieved of all law enforcement duties without pay while the criminal case is underway.

Estrella is facing charges of interception of wire, oral or electronic communication; disclosure of wire, oral or electronic communication; disclosure or use of confidential criminal justice information; unlawful use of a two-way communication device; and accessing computer or electronic devices without authorization or exceeding authorization.

According to Lemma, this deputy's wife is childhood friends with the husband of Aguasvivas, and these charges are related to the couple feeding investigative information to the deceased woman's husband.

Lemma says the deputy and his wife illegally accessed a law enforcement database and pulled up personal information about the lead detective in this murder case, including their home address and signatures.

Additionally, Lemma said this deputy called the Seminole County Sheriff's Office detective, used a fake name and title during a conversation, recorded the call and sent it all back to Aguasvivas' husband, who was on his way to Seminole County with Aguasvivas' brother for an interview.

"We know this deputy shared this information with the decedent's husband, Miguel, but at this point in time, we don't know who else he shared it with," Lemma said.

"They're getting fed all this information from the Orange County deputy. 'Here's where she lives, here's the detective's name, here's a recording of our conversation,'" Lemma said. "He's feeding all that information back. Why? We're going to find that out."

The sheriff describes the husband of Aguasvivas as cooperative, adding that he surrendered his phone for a forensic examination. That is when they found the communication between him and the OCSO deputy.

"I'd describe the husband as cooperative, but quite frankly, I think he knows a lot more than what he shared," Lemma said.

At the time of the kidnapping and murder, he told the detective that his wife was traveling to Central Florida to visit family members. Detectives could originally find no family members in the area but later identified two friends who lived nearby. Still, Lemma said neither of them was expecting a visit from Aguasvivas.

Lemma emphasized that the husband was not a suspect or person of interest at this time.

April 19: Persons of interest identified

Almost a week after the deputy's arrest, Lemma released the names of two persons of interest in the deadly carjacking case.

Twenty-eight-year-old Jordanish Torres-Garcia was arrested by the United States Marshals Services on unrelated charges. According to the sheriff, there were connections between Torres-Garcia and the green Acura.

Lemma said the green Acura was advertised on Facebook marketplace, and Torres-Garcia reached out and showed up to the dealership to buy it.

Additionally, Torres-Garcia's Facebook profile photo appeared to have the same clothes as the alleged shooter involved in the carjacking case, Lemma said. A phone number used to purchase the Acura also matched an Orange County burglary report for Torres-Garcia.

Twenty-seven-year-old Giovany Joel Crespo Hernandez, who is believed to be the last person Aguasvivas spoke to before the carjacking, was also identified as a person of interest.

According to the sheriff, Aguasvivas's brother found the number through his sister's iCloud account. When he called the number via FaceTime, he took a screenshot of the person who answered and sent that photo to investigators.

Deputies identified Hernandez by running the image of his face through a database called "Faces," which matched the face of a 2019 arrest in Orange County.

Lemma said deputies obtained a search warrant for Hernandez's home and found fentanyl and a gun while there.

Hernandez lives with his girlfriend. She accepted a delivery containing three kilos of cocaine and was arrested in Osceola County while the search warrant was being executed, deputies say.

April 23: Persons of interest face charges in connection to carjacking, family cooperation falters

Shortly after Seminole County officials identified two people potentially involved in the crime, Lemma announced a third person of interest and added that evidence showed two of these three people were suspects expected to face federal charges.

On April 23, the Seminole sheriff revealed that a third person of interest, identified as 28-year-old Kevin Ocasio Justiniano, was arrested in Puerto Rico the day before on unrelated drugs and weapons charges. This comes after the announcement that Hernandez, the person of interest from the week before, had turned himself in to authorities in Central Florida.

Confident that the most dangerous people involved were off the street, Lemma revealed more information about the connections between all three men and the deadly carjacking.

According to Lemma, officials were able to identify Justiniano by a red Toyota Corolla that was located at the same apartment complex where the green Acura seen in the carjacking video was abandoned. Officials accessed security footage from the complex and were able to see what Lemma described as the suspects cleaning up the Acura and then leaving in the red Corolla.

That red Corolla was driven by Justiniano and was registered to a relative of his, Lemma said.

Lemma added that investigators were still waiting for multiple pieces of evidence, but one thing they did have was access to phone records. The sheriff said these records place Justiniano, as well as Torres-Garcia, at the scene of the kidnapping.

The sheriff believes Justiniano was the one driving the green Acura while Torres-Garcia was the one threatening Aguasvivas with a gun in the video. According to Lemma, both Justiniano and Torres-Garcia are expected to face federal charges of carjacking resulting in death.

While Hernandez is still only charged on an unrelated case, Lemma said he believed Aguasvivas was on her way to see him. Aguasvivas' brother later revealed to officials that she was in Seminole County to deliver money and "other stuff" to a friend, Lemma said.

Lemma added that while he previously said the husband and brother were cooperating in the investigation, that has stopped completely.

"The husband is no longer cooperating with us. The brother has been crossed up in multiple lies," Lemma said. "The husband is not cooperating at all, and the brother feels like he's cooperating but he's telling us lies."

April 24: Court documents released

According to new charging documents released nearly two weeks after the deadly carjacking, Torres-Garcia admitted to being involved in the deadly carjacking and said he was paid to do so.

According to the document, Torres-Garcia admitted to being the suspect who exited the green Acura and approached the victim's vehicle holding a gun. Torres-Garcia said the gun, an AR-15, was given to him approximately 30 minutes before the carjacking, the document says.

Torres-Garcia said a subject met with him near the area of Lake Drive in Casselberry to give him the weapon, the document reads. Torres-Garcia added that the gun was not loaded.

Torres-Garcia also said he was paid $1,500 "to take the victim and deliver her to another individual," according to the document.

He faced a federal judge one day later.

April 29: Investigation turned over to federal officials

On April 29, Lemma gave a final update on the deadly carjacking to officially hand the case over to federal officials with the U.S. State Attorney's Office.

Because of the complexity of the case and all the jurisdictions the investigation spans, local law enforcement officials agreed it was best to hand the case over to one entity.

Now, the FBI, DEA, U.S. Marshals, Homeland Security and Postal Inspectors will take the valuable work by local agencies and move the cases forward.

United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Roger Handberg emphasized that at this point, only Torres-Garcia has been charged federally in connection to the kidnapping and murder. According to Handberg, the federal charge of carjacking resulting in death may be punishable by life in prison or even the possibility of the death penalty.

The three other people officials say may be involved in this case, including Justiniano, Crespo Hernandez and Crespo Hernandez's girlfriend all face state and federal charges related to drugs and weapons, but not yet for the carjacking.

Handberg did not lay out what’s next when it comes to the investigation, but promised it would be "relentless."

"We are going to conduct a thorough and comprehensive investigation. If we can charge anyone related to this case, or anyone who we discover is related to another case, that is what we're going to do," Handberg said. "This is going to be a very comprehensive investigation and prosecution."