Jordanish Torres-Garcia: Gunman was paid $1.5K to abduct Florida woman found dead in burned vehicle

Reports indicate that Torres-Garcia acquired the firearm just thirty minutes before the abduction, and it was unloaded at the time of the crime
UPDATED APR 26, 2024
Jordanish Torres-Garcia has been charged with carjacking resulting in death
 Katherine Guerrero De Aguasvivas (Seminole County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook)
Jordanish Torres-Garcia has been charged with carjacking resulting in death Katherine Guerrero De Aguasvivas (Seminole County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook)

Warning: This article contains a recollection of crime and can be triggering to some, readers’ discretion advised. 

MIAMI, FLORIDA: The masked suspect involved in the abduction of a Florida driver, Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas, 31, has been identified as Jordanish Torres-Garcia.

Torres-Garcia confessed to pointing a semiautomatic rifle at Guerrero De Aguasvivas's SUV in broad daylight in an Orlando suburb on April 11. He disclosed to law enforcement officials that he was paid $1,500 to carry out the abduction, reported NBC South Florida.

hailed from the Dominican Republic and was a U.S. citizen
Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas hailed from the Dominican Republic and was a US citizen (Seminole County Sheriff's Office)

Witness footage shows armed Jordanish Torres-Garcia forcing his way into the victim's vehicle

Reports indicate that Torres-Garcia acquired the firearm just thirty minutes before the abduction, and it was unloaded at the time of the crime. Surveillance footage shows him exiting a green-tinted Acura and forcefully entering Guerrero De Aguasvivas's vehicle.

Video shows a man in a skin mask climb out of a green Acura behind Aguasvivas's car and point a handgun at her before climbing into the back driver's-side door (
The alleged hired gunman was seen getting out of a green-tinted Acura after it was seen ramming Katherine Guerrero De Aguasvivas’s SUV for about a half mile (Seminole County Sheriff's Office)

Shortly after, the SUV swiftly executed a U-turn, with another suspect trailing in the Acura. Hours later, Guerrero De Aguasvivas's lifeless body was found inside her torched SUV in a remote Orlando area, bearing fatal gunshot wounds.

Jordanish Torres-Garcia has been charged with carjacking resulting in death (Seminole County Sheriffâs Office)
Jordanish Torres-Garcia has been charged with carjacking resulting in death
(Seminole County Sheriffâs Office)

Torres-Garcia's arrest followed authorities connecting him to the crime scene through evidence, including a sweatshirt described as "identical" to the one worn by the kidnapping suspect in a Facebook profile picture.

Currently, he is detained at the Seminole County Jail in Florida, facing charges of carjacking resulting in death.

Drug links emerge for Giovany Joel Crespo Hernandez and girlfriend

Investigations into the case revealed that the last person Guerrero De Aguasvivas spoke with before her death was Giovany Joel Crespo Hernandez.

There are suspicions that she was on her way to meet Crespo Hernandez, 27, to deliver money and other items.

Sheriff Dennis Lemma stated, "This case is about drugs and money," highlighting the underlying motives. “We believe the most dangerous people connected with this case are now off our streets.”

Giovany Joel Crespo Hernandez was discovered to be the last person to speak with Guerrero De Aguasvivas before she was killed (Seminole County Sheriff's Office)
Giovany Joel Crespo Hernandez was discovered to be the last person to speak with Katherine Guerrero De Aguasvivas before she was killed (Seminole County Sheriff's Office)

Crespo, along with his girlfriend, has been implicated in drug-related activities. While the boyfriend surrendered to authorities on active warrants related to drug trafficking, neither he nor his girlfriend has been charged with Guerrero De Aguasvivas's murder.

Aguasvivas's husband said she was in the area to visit family, though investigators were unable to identify any relatives in Central Florida (Facebook)
Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas's husband said she was in the area to visit family, though investigators were unable to identify any relatives in Central Florida (Facebook)

Another suspect, believed to have been driving the green Acura during the abduction, has also been captured.

Kevin Ocasio Justiniano, 28, was apprehended in Puerto Rico on unrelated drug trafficking and weapons charges. Both Torres-Garcia and Justiniano are anticipated to face charges of carjacking resulting in death as the investigation progresses under the jurisdiction of the US Attorney's Office.

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