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Family of victim in botched murder-for-hire plot seeks justice
Outgoing state attorney announced she’s not seeking death penalty against 2 suspects
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – The family of a Kissimmee woman killed during a botched murder-for-hire plot is speaking out after the former state attorney announced she would no longer seek the death penalty for two suspects arrested in the case.
The family of Janice Zengotita-Torres is remembering their loved one three years after she was murdered. The 42-year-old Kissimmee woman was killed in 2018 during a botched murder-for-hire plot.
Investigators said the suspects kidnapped and murdered the wrong woman.
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Floridaâs Aramis Ayala drops death penalty in 3 murder cases as she departs office
The incoming state attorney said her new administration âdid not coordinate withâ Ayala on the death penalty decisions.
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Departing Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala filed notice that her office would not seek the death penalty in several cases, including a man accused of killing his wife and three children last year.
Published Jan. 5
ORLANDO â A departing state attorney in central Florida filed notice that her office would not seek the death penalty in several cases, including a man accused of killing his wife and three children last year.
Alleged ringer leader in Kissimmee murder-for-hire plot claims one accused is innocent
The accused ringleader told a judge one of the alleged killers is innocent.
Investigators say, in 2018, Janice Zengotita-Torres was kidnapped outside a Ross store in Kissimmee where she worked. She was suffocated and her body was left along a road.
Osceola County detectives called it a murder-for-hire and quickly arrested the accused ringleader, Ishnar Lopez along with Gloianmarie Quinones-Montes and Alexis Ramos-Rivera.
In videos, Lopez told investigators mistakenly thought the victim was a different woman who knew a man she had a crush on and could help her find him.