FL - Tiffany Cabreja, 18, found murdered, Miami, 21 Sept 2013

[hollye]

I am not sure where to put this, but did not see it elsewhere...

An 18-year-old woman’s body was discovered in Miami on Saturday morning and detectives fear a child connected to the case may be missing.

Witnesses, according to authorities, saw a commercial truck travelling eastbound on S.W. 288th Street and as it made a left turn at Southwest 144th, what appeared to be a body fell from the passenger side of the truck.

The suspect apparently stopped the truck, placed the body back inside, and continued northbound on Southwest 144th Avenue, according to investigators as told by witnesses.

Witnesses lost sight of the truck after that.

When officers responded to the area, they discovered the 18-year-old’s body in a construction site, according to Miami-Dade Police Department’s Homicide Bureau.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/21/3642074/police-child-possibly-missing.html#storylink=cpy

 

[hollye]

Police Looking for Truck Driver After Body Found in SW Miami-Dade:
MDPD Police are looking for a truck driver who may have left a woman's body at a construction site and driven off with a child, officials said.

Witnesses told investigators they also saw what appeared to be a 2 or 3-year-old child in the truck when it drove off, police said.

"She saw the body fall from the car and the guy went around and put her back in the car rapidly," said Laura Ortiz, describing what a neighbor saw.

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/...May-Involve-Missing-Child-MDPD-224710552.html

 

[hollye]

Police: Child Possibly Missing After 18-Year-Old’s Body Was Found

Detectives are asking law enforcement and the public to be on the lookout for a white, commercial truck with black rails and writing on the driver-side door. The cargo bed of the truck, according to authorities, is equipped with a roll up tarp.

The suspect is described by MDPD as a white male in his 30s, 5’9” black hair wearing a dark colored t-shirt with jeans.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/09/21/police-child-missing-after-18-year-olds-body-was-found/

 

[Reader]

How horrible...I hope they find him before he does something awful to the child!

 

[bessie]

Here's another report from the other day. I haven't found an update yet.

Witnesses also said they saw a child inside the truck.


“There was a 2 or 3-year-old child which does concern us at this time,” said Detective Robin Pinkard with the Miami-Dade Police Department.
It is not clear, according to detectives, how or if the child is related to the woman who is dead.

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/09/21/police-child-missing-after-18-year-olds-body-was-found/

 

[bessie]

This description says he has a goatee and was wearing a red shirt.

A subject description was released too. So far, the description from MDPD is of a tall, white male with medium build and black, slicked-back hair, a goatee and wearing a red shirt.

http://worldnewsviews.com/2013/09/2...ly-missing-after-18-year-olds-body-was-found/

 

[MsFacetious]

So if they know she is 18 they should know if it's her child.
It's entirely possible this person brought along a non verbal child for a body dump.

Was the child in a car seat?
If the child was in a car seat odds are better it's the driver's child.

 

[ArianeEmory]

I'm not good at this stuff, has anyone been able to cross reference it with missing people yet?

 

[bessie]

Police Search Rural Southwest Miami-Dade in Connection to Tiffany Cabreja Murder Investigation

Tiffany Cabreja's body was found in the area of southwest 288th Street and 144th Avenue, according to Miami-Dade Police.
Tuesday, Sep 24, 2013 | Updated 3:50 PM EDT

Witnesses also told police there may have been a toddler in the truck when the driver took off, police said. Officials confirmed the toddler did not belong to the victim.

There's a video at the link of the victim's father. He says Tiffany knew the man, and was with him on Friday. The man is in his 30's and has a toddler daughter.

 

[lillygator]

so she didn't have a child?

 

[bessie]

so she didn't have a child?

No, she didn't have a child. LE hasn't confirmed if it's the man's child, but it sounds that way at the moment.

 

[MsFacetious]

Okay, so odds are in the child's favor.
If it was the victim's child that would be different.
Hopefully he will surrender.

 

[Filly]

They have someone in custody, but named yet.




http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Police...y-Cabreja-Murder-Investigation-225074942.html


RIP Tiffany

 

[lillygator]

Police said Tuesday that a toddler that was seen in the truck by witnesses has been located, is safe and is with family.

That article you posted says the child was found safe.

 

[mikkismom]

Funeral Service For Murdered Teen Girl, Body Found At Homestead Construction Site

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2013/09/3...rl-body-found-at-homestead-construction-site/

Last Friday, police arrested Fernando Granados who was charged with second degree murder.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Man Gets 25 Years in 2013 Murder of Homestead Teen

A man who killed an 18-year-old Homestead woman with a rope around her neck and a bag over her head after smoking crack will be spending 25 years in prison as part of a plea deal reached with prosecutors.

Fernando Granados, 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the September 2013 killing of Tiffany Cabreja at a hearing Friday.

"Justice has been served today and I'm happy," Cabreja's mother, Miriam Vasquez, said after the hearing. "This has been a long case, four and a half years and today he pleads guilty.”