ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — A lacking individuals case out of Orange County reportedly got here to a tragic finish final month after authorities stated they discovered a lady useless and dismembered in a suitcase on the facet of a Georgia freeway.
The investigation started with a welfare examine at a house within the Waterford Lakes space on the morning of Oct. 29, in response to NBC affiliate WESH.
A buddy instructed Orange County deputies that he had began receiving regarding textual content messages from one of many residents, 41-year-old Jorge Javier Quintero. When authorities acquired there, they could not discover Quintero or his girlfriend, 29-year-old Carmen Elsa Escalante Carrera.
As a substitute, they had been met with a grotesque scene, in response to descriptions in an arrest report. Deputies reported discovering a big kitchen knife, a bloodied bathtub, bloody garments and handwritten letters that they stated had been in step with suicide notes.
Safety footage reportedly confirmed a person strolling out of the again door and driving off in a white truck simply half-hour earlier than. By means of their investigation, deputies stated they had been capable of affirm that Quintero had rented that very same white truck.
Additionally inside the house was info for one more close by house advanced. Investigators stated they realized that the couple was in a brand new relationship and was within the means of shifting into the constructing.
Detectives continued their seek for Quintero and Escalante Carrera at their new unit, which had already been leased to Quintero. In accordance with the arrest report, the door was unlocked when authorities acquired there.
Whereas inside, deputies stated they discovered bloody towels, extra blood spots on the wall and plenty of of Escalante Carrera’s private gadgets, besides her telephone. By 1:30 p.m., detectives stated her telephone was pinging in Seminole County, Georgia.
Pings from license plate readers reportedly confirmed the white truck touring in an identical course. Some license plate readers additionally captured pictures of the truck. Officers stated the pictures appeared to indicate a trash bag that was within the form of a human physique within the mattress of the truck.
As their investigation continued, detectives stated they had been capable of receive safety footage from a Lake Metropolis, Florida fuel station that confirmed Quintero making purchases utilizing Escalante Carrera’s telephone. Nevertheless, she was nowhere to be seen.
Then, on Oct. 31, the U.S. Marshals discovered Quintero and the rented truck in Alabama, the place they acquired right into a shootout. Quintero was critically injured, however deputies instructed WESH he was nonetheless alive as of Nov. 26.
Escalante Carrera was not with Quintero when the shootout occurred. Nevertheless, Georgia officers reported discovering human stays in a suitcase on the facet of a freeway about three hours later.
The stays had been visibly recognized as Escalante Carrera. In accordance with the arrest affidavit, she was present in brutal situation. Detectives stated an influence twine was wrapped round her neck and her physique elements had been totally or partially dismembered.
A health worker stated Escalante Carrera died from ligature strangulation.
Quintero is dealing with a first-degree homicide cost, in response to the sheriff’s workplace.