The masked suspect who allegedly abducted a Florida driver at gunpoint before she was found dead hours later in her burned-up SUV told police he was paid to drop her off to someone involved in the dastardly deed, according to a report.
Jordanish Torres-Garcia admitted he pointed a semiautomatic rifle at Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas’ SUV in broad daylight in an Orlando suburb on April 11, according to a court affidavit obtained by NBC South Florida Thursday.
However, the case has taken a major shift after Garcia told an FBI agent that he was paid $1,500 to snatch the 31-year-old woman.
Garcia told investigators that he received his gun a half-hour before he pulled off the brazen abduction — and the weapon wasn’t loaded during the crime, according to the outlet.
The alleged hired gunman was seen getting out of a green-tinted Acura after it was seen ramming Guerrero De Aguasvivas’ SUV for about a half-mile.
He was then caught on camera jumping out of the car at the stoplight, pointing his gun directly at the driver’s seat, then entering the rear passenger seat while Guerrero De Aguasvivas remained behind the wheel.
The SUV then quickly made a U-turn — followed by another suspect behind the wheel of the Acura driving away.
Hours after the daylight armed kidnapping, Guerrero De Aguasvivas’ body was found in her charred SUV in a rural part of Orlando.
She was found riddled with multiple fatal gunshot wounds, according to the affidavit.
Around a dozen shell casings were found scattered across the crime scene, consistent with the 10mm handgun Guerrero De Aguasvivas’ kidnapper was waving.
Garcia was arrested last week on a federal warrant for violation of probation from a weapons charge in Puerto Rico.
Police linked him to the heinous crime after the sweatshirt the kidnapping suspect was wearing was “identical” to the one Garcia was seen wearing in his Facebook profile picture.
He is being held at the Seminole County Jail in Florida on a charge of carjacking resulting in death, according to the outlet.
Investigators discovered the last person to speak with Guerrero De Aguasvivas before she was killed was Giovany Joel Crespo Hernandez via Facetime, according to a Tuesday statement by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office.
“It’s believed she was on her way to meet Crespo Hernandez at his Casselberry home to deliver money and other items,” the statement reported.
“This case is about drugs and money,” said Sheriff Dennis Lemma.
“We believe the most dangerous people connected with this case are now off our streets.”
Crespo Hernandez, 27, turned himself in on Monday night at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility on an active warrant for fentanyl trafficking and marijuana with intent to sell.
He has not been charged with Guerrero De Aguasvivas’ murder, according to police.
Additionally, Hernandez’s girlfriend was taken into custody Friday after she accepted a delivery of 3 kilos of cocaine orchestrated by Homeland Security Investigations.
The department also shared that the man believed to be the suspect behind the wheel of the green Acura had been arrested.
Kevin Ocasio Justiniano, 28, was taken into custody in Puerto Rico on unrelated drug trafficking and weapons charges.
“Both cases will be referred to the US Attorney’s Office and are expected to be charged with carjacking resulting in a death,” according to the department.
