A Monster in Florida - March 12 2024

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

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🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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March 12th: Diana Alvarez's Remains Found (2020) You never know who could be a danger to your children. On March 12th 2020 the remains of a young girl were found in a case that saw an obvious suspect who, though initially trusted, was a monster in disguise. https://winknews.com/2022/06/16/diana-alvarez-murder-case-slow-to-proceed-judge-sets-deadlines/, https://winknews.com/2022/12/30/accused-murderers-attorney-files-to-suppress-evidence-from-phone-statements/, https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Diana_Alvarez, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nine-year-old-florida-girl-s-remains-found-four-years-n1161731, https://www.thedailybeast.com/diana-alvarezs-remains-found-after-years-long-search, https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/flyer.jsf?personId=100740, https://www.news-press.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news-press.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2021%2F10%2F18%2Fmotions-murder-case-seek-gut-case-against-jorge-guerrero-torres%2F8498404002%2F, https://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2023/01/02/motions-seek-to-omit-phone-search-sworn-statements-in-2016-case/69769017007/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There were two more murders, 15 miles away.
0:02.6	When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.
0:06.0	We have a weird homicide.
0:08.8	A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...
0:12.0	You never know who could be a danger to your children.
0:18.4	On March 12, 2020, the remains of a young girl were found in a case that
0:22.9	saw an obvious suspect who, though initially trusted, was a monster in disguise. So if you like
0:30.7	your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.
0:37.2	Today's story starts with a disappearance.
0:40.5	On Sunday, May 29, 2016,
0:43.6	Diana Alvarez, just nine years old,
0:46.6	was last seen when her pregnant mother,
0:48.6	Rita Hernandez,
0:50.0	checked her room inside of their home
0:51.6	in Sheltering Pines Mobile Home Village
0:53.7	in San Carlos Park, Florida, at around 2 a.m.
0:58.1	Finding her sound asleep, Rita retired for the evening, which means that from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m., Diana's whereabouts, though assumed to have still been in her room, were unknown.
1:10.0	When Rita woke the next morning, she found that all four burners on the stove were turned on
1:15.0	and noticed that Diana's purple-striped shoes were missing.
1:19.1	Diana Alvarez was nowhere to be found.
1:23.3	By 10.40 a.m., the Lee County Sheriff's Office, learning that the young girl was missing, sent out the first of many public emails about Diana, and featuring a school photo of the girl, asked that anyone who knew anything about her whereabouts, please come forward.
1:40.1	By 1 p.m. that same day, they had their first suspect, 28-year-old Jorge Guerrero Torres.
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