Katherine Aguasvias: Body found in burned SUV believed to be of woman who went missing after carjacking

The body discovered inside a car in a rural area south of Orlando was believed to be of Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvias
PUBLISHED APR 13, 2024
A masked man aimed a gun through Katherine Aguasvias’ car before climbing into her back seat (Seminole County Sheriff's Office)
A masked man aimed a gun through Katherine Aguasvias’ car before climbing into her back seat (Seminole County Sheriff's Office)

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

In a harrowing turn of events, the charred remains of a body discovered inside a car in a rural area south of Orlando are believed to be those of Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvias, a 31-year-old woman abducted in a brazen daylight attack.

Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma shared this grim update during a news conference, expressing the somber certainty that the circumstances were tragically aligned with the bizarre kidnapping. “This is a tragic incident. A horrible, horrible situation,” Lemma claimed.

Insights into Katherine Aguasvias' abduction

The disturbing abduction unfolded in broad daylight, captured by the dashcam of a witness' vehicle trailing Katherine and a green Acura, which had been tailing her for some distance.

The assailant's vehicle repeatedly rammed the victim's Dodge Durango, prompting her to reach out to her husband for help while stranded at a stoplight.

In the moment captured on video, a masked assailant brandishing a firearm rushed towards Katherine's vehicle, forcing his way inside her car. Despite her husband's instruction not to stop, Katherine found herself ensnared in a terrifying ordeal that ultimately led to her demise.

“I suspect that where they told her to go, is somewhere where they’ve been before, they seemed very familiar with that area down there. I don’t think this is randomly, ‘Hey pull off the road,'” Lemma alleged, per New York Post.

Authorities puzzled by absence of emergency calls and lack of motive

Police discovered Katherine's burning SUV in a construction area, not far from where she was abducted, the scene littered with shell casings matching the firearm wielded by her captor.

Despite the targeted nature of the attack, authorities remain confounded by the motive behind the brutal assault.

Adding to the mystery, neither Katherine nor her husband contacted emergency services during the ordeal. Both immigrants from the Dominican Republic, the couple had no prior criminal history in the United States.

“There is no criminal history here for either Katherine or her husband in the United States. There is no clear indicator why somebody would do this, why would they target them,” Lemma stated.

While Katherine's husband claimed she was en route to visit family in Central Florida, investigators have been unable to substantiate this claim or locate any relatives in the vicinity.

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