Drugs, money and murder: A look at the probe into Homestead woman’s deadly carjacking

Miami

An investigation into the carjacking and kidnapping of a Homestead woman who was ambushed at a Central Florida red light — and later shot to death and found in her torched car — began with a widely circulated video taken by a witness earlier this month.

It has since led detectives on a winding trail of drugs, money and murder — with ties to Florida, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

On April 11, Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas had driven from Homestead and was stopped at a red light near Winter Springs, a suburban community in Seminole County, when she was carjacked by a masked man pointing a semiautomatic rifle at her. Later that night, her body was found in her burned-out Durango at a construction site in Osceola County, just south of Orlando.

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A few people have been arrested in connection to the case, though many questions remain unanswered. Here’s a look at how the investigation continues to unfold.

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