Person of interest in 19-year-old Central Florida woman’s disappearance found dead

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A antheral who investigators determined was a idiosyncratic of involvement successful a 19-year-old woman’s disappearance was recovered dormant Monday astatine an flat analyzable successful Seminole County, according to Orange County Sheriff John Mina.

According to a study from WKMG, investigators believed Armando Manuel Caballero, 27, whitethorn person known thing astir the whereabouts of Miya Marcano, who was reported missing past week. At a quality league Monday afternoon, Mina said Caballero appeared to person committed suicide.

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Seminole County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a imaginable termination telephone astatine Camden Club Apartments and identified the unfortunate arsenic Caballero, according to a connection issued by Seminole County officials.

“Caballero conveyance was recovered astatine (the flat analyzable wherever his assemblage was found) and is being delivered to the sheriff’s bureau for processing,” Mina said. “So the decease probe of Caballero is being conducted by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. We person been actively searching for Caballero this weekend, and I privation to reiterate — Miya is inactive missing. Her disappearance is suspicious and our detectives and the household members evidently fishy foul play.”

Mina made the announcement astir Caballero during a quality league Monday day astatine the Sheriff’s Office headquarters.

Investigators said Caballero was a attraction idiosyncratic astatine the flat analyzable wherever Marcano was past seen. Mina added that helium had “demonstrated a romanticist involvement successful Miya” but was rejected by her respective times.

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Marcano was past seen astir 5 p.m. Friday astatine the Arden Villas apartments adjacent the University of Central Florida. Marcano’s begetter told News 6 connected Monday that his girl was expected to alert to Fort Lauderdale connected Friday.

“We present cognize that a attraction issued maestro cardinal fob, which Caballero was known to beryllium successful possession of, that was utilized to participate her flat Friday day astatine astir 4:30 p.m. This would person been astir 30 minutes earlier (Marcano) would decorativeness her displacement astatine the flat complex,” Mina said.

Marcano’s aunt, Pia Sarbieo Henry, spoke astatine the quality briefing Monday arsenic well.

“Miya, this connection is for you. I cognize you’re alive. I cognize you’re retired there. We emotion you. You cognize our household is strong. You cognize our household is big. You cognize we volition ne'er slumber 1 nighttime until we get you home,” Henry said.

Marcano, a pupil astatine Valencia College, started taking classes successful August 2020 and was pursuing an Associate successful Arts degree, schoolhouse officials said.

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Anyone with accusation is asked to telephone 407-836-4357 oregon 911.

“We’re looking astatine everything involving this lawsuit and,” Mina said. “We person astatine slightest 30 detectives who are moving io conscionable this case, to effort and way down each azygous lead. Again, nary spot of accusation is excessively tiny oregon excessively insignificant if idiosyncratic knows of something, saw something, recognizes her look — we tin instrumentality that accusation and you tin stay anonymous.”

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