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4th suspect arrested in deadly carjacking in Seminole County – WFTV

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Channel 9 learned Thursday afternoon that a fourth person has been arrested in connection with a fatal carjacking near Winter Springs in April.

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Federal prosecutors released new documents Thursday identifying the leader of the carjacking that ended in the shooting death of Katherine Aguasvivas.

They said the man behind the kidnapping was the man Aguasvivas had come to meet from South Florida.

Channel 9 also obtained new photos of the alleged crimes as they occurred.

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One of the photos shows men buying lighter fluid at a gas station before the alleged kidnapping and murder.

Prosecutors said the men received a phone call from Giovany Crespo Hernández.

They said the victim was on his way to collect $170,000 in drug money from him.

Prosecutors said Crespo Hernández had the idea to rob her after she got the money.

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Newly released photos also show the vehicles after the kidnapping while traveling on State Route 417 from Winter Springs to Osceola County.

Other photos show Aguasvivas' car on fire at a construction site after she was killed, as well as bullet holes in the side.

Investigators said they arrested a fourth suspect — Derek Alexis Rodriguez Bonilla — on Thursday in connection with the case.

They said he provided the gun that was used to kill Aguasvivas and a tow truck driver in Orange County's Taft neighborhood the night before the kidnapping.

Read: Sheriff: 3rd person of interest in custody in deadly carjacking and kidnapping in Seminole County

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Prosecutors said that after the shooting in Taft, the suspects got into the tow truck driver's car and retrieved something from the back.

The four men face the following three charges: kidnapping, carjacking resulting in death and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime.

The charges can carry the death penalty.

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Read: Second person of interest arrested in connection with fatal carjacking and kidnapping in Seminole County

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