New information has been released by authorities in the murder of 19-year-old Florida college student, Miya Marcano. Arden Villas Luxury Apartments maintenance worker, Armando Manuel Caballero, 27, is the main suspect in her death. He killed himself shortly after Miya went missing and people began questioning him regarding her whereabouts.

Authorities announced today that no evidence of sexual assault has been found. However, police also announced today that Miya's shirt was found in her purse. This indicates she was raped (not necessarily sexually assaulted, but raped as in he took off her clothes). Miya was not attracted to Caballero. Therefore, she would not take off her clothes in front of him.

Miya repeatedly rebuffed Caballero when he tried to date her prior to her going missing. The two were co-workers at Arden Villas Luxury Apartments, where she also lived. Caballero kept trying for some time to date her, but she said no, indicating he had become obsessed. If someone tells you no, why keep persisting. That is annoying as heck, not to mention, mentally unsound.

Miya Marcano

When Miya's family confronted Caballero 8-hours after she went missing, the exchange revealed how delusional he was regarding Miya. The family referred to Caballero as having an obsession with Miya and cash-apping her money. He offered to give her his life savings. However, he stated in a delusional manner that his feelings were not one-sided and he's "not a stalker."

Anyone who shows up outside your door without invitation is a stalker. In fact, that is a textbook case of stalking. The fact he attacked her makes it aggravated stalking, harassment and murder. Caballero showed up outside Miya's door, illegally entered the apartment using a maintenance key card meant for emergencies, and attacked her.

Stalking is a serious crime, as it shows terrible intent and distresses victims. Sadly, many stalking cases do not end well. Stalkers are losers who imagine things in their minds that are so far removed from reality. You tell them no and they are insanely hearing yes. You compliment someone else and in the stalker's sick mind the compliment is really about them and the other person is just an obstacle keeping them from you. There is no reasoning with people like this. You just have to lock them up. Stalkers are among the sickest people on earth. They are uncouth, unreasoning, irrational and perverse. Not to mention, they are often killers.

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Miya Marcano’s body found bound, tied, sheriff says; family questions investigation

Oct 06, 2021 at 7:28 PM - A law firm for Miya Marcano's family released a video they say shows relatives confronting "prime suspect" Armando Caballero soon after her disappearance. The body of Miya Marcano, found last weekend after an eight-day-long search across Central Florida, was bound with black duck tape across her mouth and tape also tying her hands and feet together, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said at a Wednesday evening press conference.

Mina said officials think 27-year-old Armando Caballero, a maintenance employee at the Arden Villas complex where Marcano lived, was waiting for her inside her apartment Sept. 24, before he killed her and dumped her body at another Orlando area apartment complex.

Marcano, 19, was found wearing jeans and a bra, as well as a robe, Mina said, and her purse was found nearby containing the shirt she was last seen wearing. Her cause of death has not yet been determined, but Mina said there is no indication she was sexually assaulted before her death.

Caballero was found dead by suicide at a Seminole County apartment complex days before Marcano’s body was found. His cell phone data, which put him at or near the Tymber Skan Apartments for about 20 minutes the evening Marcano’s family first reported her missing, led deputies to her body about a week later.

Mina defended his agency’s investigation into Marcano’s disappearance, following criticism from her family and their attorney, who accused the Sheriff’s Office of failing to initially take her disappearance seriously. The family also released a video from an encounter between Caballero, a deputy and Marcano’s loved ones in the hours after she went missing, but Caballero went free.

“I understand this family has been through unimaginable pain and loss, and we can’t begin to express the sorry that we feel for Miya’s family and loved ones,” Mina said. “Unfortunately, all these things that we’re talking about wouldn’t have prevented anything. She was already left dead at Tymber Skan apartments before we were ever called.”...

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Miya Marcano’s body found bound, tied, sheriff says; family questions investigation

Oct 06, 2021 at 7:28 PM - A law firm for Miya Marcano's family released a video they say shows relatives confronting "prime suspect" Armando Caballero soon after her disappearance. The body of Miya Marcano, found last weekend after an eight-day-long search across Central Florida, was bound with black duck tape across her mouth and tape also tying her hands and feet together, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said at a Wednesday evening press conference.

Mina said officials think 27-year-old Armando Caballero, a maintenance employee at the Arden Villas complex where Marcano lived, was waiting for her inside her apartment Sept. 24, before he killed her and dumped her body at another Orlando area apartment complex. 

Marcano, 19, was found wearing jeans and a bra, as well as a robe, Mina said, and her purse was found nearby containing the shirt she was last seen wearing. Her cause of death has not yet been determined, but Mina said there is no indication she was sexually assaulted before her death...

Marcano’s relatives drove up from South Florida to her apartment complex, arriving about 3 a.m. Sept. 25, their statement said. They said a security guard tried to lift fingerprints from Marcano’s window while the family searched her apartment, finding a box cutter that wasn’t hers under a rug in the room.

Later, when a deputy sheriff arrived, the security guard tried to give him the possible fingerprints, but the deputy did not take them and said this “wasn’t a high priority case,” the statement said.

The law firm representing the Marcano family released a video that the firm said shows family members confronting Caballero as he spoke to an Orange County deputy about 4 a.m. Saturday, hours after Marcano missed her flight.

In the three-minute clip, Marcano’s relatives questioned Caballero about how he knew of her disappearance and why he was at the Arden Villas complex in the early morning hours.

”You have sent obsessive texts to Miya,” someone off-camera who cannot be seen said to Caballero, adding he had also sent the young woman money via CashApp. “We have all seen the texts. You talked about giving her your life savings.” Caballero responded incredulously to that claim.

”I never said that,” he said. When the same person suggested Caballero’s cell phone records would be pulled by law enforcement, he replied, “Do what you have to do.” The person accused Caballero of having an “obsession” with Marcano. He claimed the interest was mutual.

”It’s not only from my side, so don’t try to make this like I’m a stalker,” he said. “… Until we figure out what’s going on, just don’t beat me up. If I’m guilty why would I come here.” He said he came because he was “concerned.”... 

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