Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas, a 31-year-old woman from Homestead, Florida, was fatally victimized in a carjacking incident on April 11, 2024, in Winter Springs, Seminole County. She was driving from South Florida to Central Florida when her Dodge Durango was rammed from behind by a green Acura at the intersection of East Lake Drive and Tuskawilla Road. A masked gunman, later identified as Jordanish Torres-Garcia, emerged from the Acura and carjacked Guerrero De Aguasvivas at gunpoint.
Guerrero De Aguasvivas had called her husband, Miguel, to inform him that she was being followed before the carjacking occurred. The incident was captured on video by a witness. After the carjacking, Guerrero De Aguasvivas was forced to follow the green Acura, driven by Kevin Ocasio Justiniano, to a remote construction area in the Boggy Creek area of Kissimmee. There, she was shot multiple times with a 10mm gun allegedly provided by Dereck Rodriguez Bonilla, and her body, along with her SUV, was set on fire using lighter fluid that Torres-Garcia and Ocasio Justiniano had purchased earlier.
The investigation revealed that the carjacking was part of a conspiracy involving several individuals. Giovany Joel Crespo Hernandez, who was the last person Guerrero De Aguasvivas spoke to before her death, is believed to have orchestrated the carjacking to steal $170,000 that Guerrero De Aguasvivas was carrying. Torres-Garcia claimed he was paid to kidnap and deliver Guerrero De Aguasvivas, and he recruited Ocasio Justiniano and Rodriguez Bonilla to assist in the crime.
Four individuals have been indicted in connection with the carjacking and Guerrero De Aguasvivas' death: Giovany Joel Crespo Hernandez, Jordanish Torres-Garcia, Kevin Ocasio Justiniano, and Dereck Rodriguez Bonilla. They face federal charges including carjacking resulting in death, kidnapping, and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime resulting in death. The U.S. has filed a motion to keep these suspects in detention ahead of their trials, citing significant risks of flight and danger to the community.
Additionally, the investigation has linked the carjacking to the shooting death of a tow truck driver, Juan Luis Cintron-Garcia, who had previously towed the green Acura involved in the carjacking. The same gun used in Cintron-Garcia's murder was also used in Guerrero De Aguasvivas' death.
In a later development, Miguel Angel Aguasvivas Lizardo, Guerrero De Aguasvivas' husband, was arrested and indicted on a federal charge of conspiracy to engage in money laundering. It was revealed that he had acted as a courier for drug money, including the trip that led to his wife's death. The case has garnered significant national attention due to its brutality and the complex web of events surrounding the crime.
