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staywoke said:
http://www.fox4now.com/news/family-of-diana-alvarez-to-make-statement-wednesday
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The press conference will be held outside the family attorney's office at 2:30 PM Wednesday.

Most recently the family has expressed frustration to ***Fox 4*** about the lack of communication they're getting from law enforcement on the investigation.
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But the family says they'd like investigators to do a better job at keeping them posted, and to let them know what they're doing next and why. "As the family, I feel like we're owed at least that much. Not to find everything through social media," says cousin NM (redacted).
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We're also told a translator will be present at the press conference, as the family speaks limited English.

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ETA: embedded video also @ staywoke's link quoted above...
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Diana Alvarez' family getting few answers in investigation - Fox 4 Now WFTX Fort Myers/Cape Coral
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Investigators have been scouring all over Florida looking for the girl since she disappeared, but family told Fox 4 that they don't know where the investigation stands at this point, and that they get most of their information from the media.
"We've been kept in the dark about a lot of things," said Diana's cousin NM (redacted). "We would just like a little bit more cooperation from law enforcement at this point."

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http://www.fox4now.com/news/diana-alvarez-family-getting-few-answers-in-investigation



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https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/p...ng-and-possessing-child-*advertiser censored*
Orlando Man Indicted For Producing And Possessing Child *advertiser censored*

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Fort Myers, Florida – United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III announces the return of an indictment charging Jorge Guerrero-Torres (28, Orlando) with possession of child *advertiser censored* and production of child *advertiser censored*. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on the possession charge, and minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, up to 30 years, in federal prison on the production charge. Guerrero-Torres was arrested and made his initial appearance in federal court on June 6, 2016, in Fort Myers. He remains detained pending further proceedings
 
LCSO looks in Osceola County, finds no new info in Diana Alvarez case

Published 10:25 a.m. ET April 13, 2017 | Updated 12:33 p.m. ET April 14, 2017

The family of missing Diana Alvarez said Lee County Sheriff’s Office detectives searched an area in Osceola County this week but turned up no new evidence of 9-year-old Diana.

LCSO detectives were in the Yeehaw Junction area on Wednesday as part of an ongoing investigation into the girl’s disappearance.

“Our detectives are continuing their active investigation regarding the Diana Alvarez case,” a public information officer for the LCSO confirmed and added that detectives had concluded their activities and were not there on Thursday.

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A pretrial conference for Guerrero-Torres is scheduled May 9 with jury selection and trial scheduled for May 11.


Second search for Diana Alvarez turns up empty

POSTED: 9:22 AM, Apr 14, 2017 | UPDATED: 9:24 AM, Apr 14, 2017

New developments in the case of a Lee County girl who vanished nearly a year ago. A second search in central Florida has led to a dead end.

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This second search was launched due to dry conditions in the area, since the initial search was done when the area was very wet and covered with underbrush.
 
Child *advertiser censored* case proceeds for man suspected in Alvarez disappearance

A federal judge will allow lewd photos of missing 9-year-old Diana Alvarez to be shown at trial in the child *advertiser censored* case against Jorge Guerrero-Torres.

U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on Friday denied a motion to suppress evidence of pornographic images that investigators say they found on the defendant's smartphone.

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Guerrero-Torres said in court that on a day in early June when detectives contacted him for an interview about Diana, he threw his phone away in a ditch near an apartment complex in Orlando, where he had moved for work, after heavy rains made the phone wet and rendered it useless.

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Case law states that when a person voluntarily abandons property, that person's expectation of privacy is lost and he or she can’t seek to suppress evidence seized from the property.

[Prosecutor] Casas additionally argued that Guerrero-Torres didn’t intend to get his phone back even after learning that someone found the phone and that it was functional. The prosecutor went as far as to call a witness on Thursday who testified that the defendant was planning on fleeing to Texas or the Mexican border.
 
Probable cause existed for arrest in Lee County girl’s disappearance

Published: April 11, 2017 12:12 AM EDT
Updated: April 13, 2017 1:46 PM EDT

Lee County Sheriff’s deputies had probable cause to arrest a man on kidnapping charges after the disappearance of a 9-year-old girl from her San Carlos Park home, court documents show.

But Jorge Guerrero, who was named in the AMBER Alert for Diana Alvarez, was instead arrested in a child *advertiser censored* case. Graphic images of Alvarez were found on a cellphone belonging to Guerrero.

The lack of an arrest related to Alvarez’s May 29, 2016 disappearance could be a strategic move related to a possible plea agreement, said Lance Dunford, a Fort Myers attorney who isn’t connected to the case.
 
Prosecutors not allowed to mention disappearance in suspect’s child *advertiser censored* trial

Prosecutors will not be allowed to mention Jorge Guerrero as a suspect in Diana Alvarez’s kidnapping or mention his whereabouts at the time of her disappearance during his child *advertiser censored* trial, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

But prosecutors will be allowed to show interrogation video of Guerrero, who is accused of possessing lewd images of the nine-year-old girl, admitting to a sexual relationship with Diana.

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Jury selection for Guerrero’s trial begins on Thursday.
 
Jury selection starts in the federal trial against Jorge Guerrero-Torres

Jury selection has begun in the federal trial against Jorge Guerrero-Torres.

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Jury selection has proven difficult for attorneys because of the amount of publicity the case has garnered. Guerrero-Torres has been the sole suspect in the disappearance of 9-year-old Diana Alvarez, who went missing last year on May 29.

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At lunchtime, attorneys had selected 12 possible choices, while excusing 24 others, the majority of whom said they were familiar with Guerrero-Torres as a suspect in the disappearance of Diana.

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At least 18 of the 24 people excused so far were given a reprieve after they admitted they were familiar with the girl's name. The remainder had scheduling conflicts.
 
Federal child *advertiser censored* trial for Guerrero underway

A jury was seated Friday afternoon in the federal child *advertiser censored* trial against Jorge Guerrero, also accused in the disappearance of Diana Alvarez.

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In opening statements, the government described it as a case of betrayal after Guerrero lived in Diana's family home and took advantage of the circumstances. The defense suggested the jurors should consider whether the photos involved are in fact pornographic images that involved a child.

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Four witnesses, members of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Lee County Sheriff's Office, were heard during the first hour of the jury taking their seats.

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We do know before the trial started, Guerrero had no interest in accepting a plea deal that would ensure him a lower sentence.

The jury was released for the weekend after the government moved through a quick four witnesses before 5 p.m.

The court is in recess now until first thing Monday morning. It's expected to last nearly a week.



'A case about betrayal': Trial begins for Diana Alvarez suspect

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[U.S. Attorney Jesus] Casas’ opening statement told the story of Guerrero-Torres, a man who “claimed he loved Diana and that she loved him,” Casas said. Guerrero-Torres, the prosecutor said, rented a room in the home of Diana’s parents and during that time he would go into Diana’s room and “the two would do things."

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Keep an open mind,” Roger Azcona, Guerrero-Torres’ attorney, said during opening statements. “When you see and hear the evidence, you will see the government will not meet their burden.”

A Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent had already interviewed Guerrero-Torres once on the day Diana went missing. Two days later, on May 31, 2016, Lee County Sheriff's Office Detective Fortunato “Fred” Mazzotta boarded a helicopter and landed in an Orlando municipal airport. He was scheduled to meet with the man about the missing child case.

But in the almost 20-minute ride from the airport to Guerrero-Torres' home, the defendant fled, Mazzotta testified. But, Guerrero-Torres left behind his phone. He threw it into a flooded swill about a mile away from his apartment, Mazzotta said. It was later found by a landscaper.

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"Some of those images were of immediate concern," Casas said.

The photograph, Casas said, is child *advertiser censored*.

Azcona countered that it’s up for the jury to decide whether the image depicts child anatomy.

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Guerrero-Torres was finally captured in Okeechobee on June 3 after a woman who was asked to help him flee turned him in instead, Casas said. Her husband saw Guerrero-Torres was wanted by law enforcement after he fled his Orlando apartment to Okeechobee. The woman, named Antonia Aguilar, was directed to pick him up and after she did, the vehicle they were in was pulled over by waiting law enforcement.
 
[h=1]Mother of missing San Carlos Park girl collapses in court[/h]
Rita Hernandez began sobbing moments before her collapse, which took place just as she was about to speak with reporters in the minutes after court recessed for the day. Hernandez was quickly helped to her feet and was able to leave the courthouse without assistance.

She testified in Spanish about what she called an affectionate relationship that had been developing between defendant Jorge Guerrero and Diana Alvarez, the missing girl. Guerrero is accused of possessing lewd images of Diana, who was 9 when she went missing nearly a year ago. He has not been charged in her disappearance.

The prosecution plans to show those photos to the jury on Tuesday. Prosecutors will also be allowed to show interrogation video of Guerrero admitting to a sexual relationship with Diana.
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http://www.winknews.com/2017/05/15/...in-federal-child-*advertiser censored*-trial/

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[h=1]Man linked to missing girl found guilty in child *advertiser censored* trial[/h]
Jorge Guerrero was linked to lewd images of Diana Alvarez, who was 9 when she went missing nearly a year ago.

“This is a key component to finding where Diana is,” said Tom Busatta, an attorney for Diana’s family.

Some jurors shook their heads, covered their mouths and looked away Tuesday as prosecutors showed seven graphic photos that Guerrero admitted were of him and Diana.

The prosecution and defense rested and made closing arguments Tuesday afternoon and the jury deliberated for less than 30 minutes.
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http://www.winknews.com/2017/05/16/...*-trial-continues-following-mothers-collapse/
 
Diana Alvarez's family celebrates her birthday in her absence

May 17, 2017

The family of Diana Alvarez spent Wednesday celebrating their oldest daughter, despite the continued search for the now-10-year-old.

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Rita Hernandez, Diana's mother, cracked a quick smile as she reminisced about Diana's birthday last year, when the little girl asked for her favorite dish and then the family had cake. Two weeks later, she was gone.

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Hernandez had a plea for Guerrero's brother, whom she thinks may know something.

"Jorge's brother, Teto, if he knows where Diana is at, to come forth and say where she is at."

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Hernandez said she's in pain but will never give up hope, and on her daughter's birthday, she had a wish.

"For my daughter to come back to me, to us, to the family. My only wish is to see her."
 
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