SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. -- Saturday morning, a Seminole County judge denied bond for the man accused of kidnapping and murdering a Central Florida woman.

The 19-year-old woman was working at a Seminole County car dealership when deputies say an angry customer came in, kidnapped her then murdered her.

Fabiana Malave’s body was found inside a vehicle at the Post Time Lounge at the corner of 17-92 and Dog Track Road (see map).

Eyewitness News learned that the accused killer, William Davis III, was a fugitive with an outstanding warrant. The young woman was kidnapped late Thursday morning from the office at a car dealership on 17-92. She was there by herself.

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The woman was taken to the suspect's house in Pine Hills and it wasn't until late Thursday night that her body was found in the back of a car which was at a Longwood bar.

Given the history of the accused killer, there is a real combination of sorrow and outrage at the little car dealership. At Super Sport Auto (see map) a sign was put up by the owner for his beloved employee, Fabiana Malave.

Jesse Rodriguez couldn't contain his pain and outrage. He worked with the young victim, Fabiana Malave.

The 19-year-old woman was kidnapped from the small office at knife-point and killed by Williams, investigators said.

“I'm pissed off. I'm real pissed off because this should not have happened,” Rodriguez said.

“At this point, the motive is unclear,” Kim Cannaday of the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said.

Investigators say William Davis is a longtime criminal and is wanted in Polk County.

They believe he added to that rap sheet Thursday, arriving at the shop around 11:30am to pick up the title for an SUV Rodriguez sold him days earlier.

“He seemed like a normal guy, but you can never tell. He had a mask on,” Rodriguez explained.

Malave couldn't find the title and called her boss. But before the owner arrived, deputies say Davis was so angry that he forced her out and took Malave to his Orange County home.

Investigators searched the home overnight and it’s where they believe Davis murdered the young woman sometime Thursday afternoon.

“She was just a very young, very pretty girl,” owner Jose Hernandez said.

The whole time Malave's friends and family were searching for her themselves.

“I don't understand,” said Greshem Alicia, the victim’s best friend (watch full interview). “Just want to know what went wrong.”

Late in the day, they saw the fugitive brazenly driving back by the auto shop. They boxed him into a parking lot down the street at a bar, until deputies arrived and found Malave's body in his car.

“She was a really, really positive human being,” Hernandez said.

Deputies said Malave did not have any visible signs of physical trauma to her body.

“Obviously, he identified her previously and had every intention of doing what he did. Speaks to a very sick individual,” explained Lt. James Clark, Seminole County Sheriff's Office (watch full interview).

An autopsy will reveal exactly how she died.

Davis faces kidnapping and first-degree premeditated murder charges, plus a violation of probation charge.

THOUSANDS OF CRIMINALS WANTED IN CENTRAL FLORIDA

William Davis the third was supposed to be in jail. He was a fugitive with an active warrant for his arrest in Polk County.

Eyewitness News discovered that hundreds of cases are assigned to each of the 20 members of the fugitive unit at the Orange County Sheriff's Office who they say go hunting for suspects on a daily basis.

When law enforcement teams up for a warrant sweep, they can catch dozens of wanted criminals at a time. But the numbers prove it only puts a small dent in a huge problem.

“It's a process that drives every day and it never slows down,” Capt. Gil McDaniel of the Orange County Sheriff's Office said.

Eyewitness News learned that if you add the list of people with active warrants, there are enough to fill every single seat at the Citrus Bowl.

The number of active warrants from Volusia to Osceola to Polk County, where William Davis was wanted, was in the thousands for each county.

Orange County has more than 37,000 wanted criminals on the street.

“About five years ago, we had 60,000 warrants,” McDaniel said.

McDaniel says his Fugitive Apprehension Unit has put computer technology in the hands of deputies and civilians to try to get more criminals off the street.

Orange County and others have an on-line database where people can check the names of anyone suspicious. But McDaniel says it doesn't replace the work of detectives going door-to-door daily, looking for thousands of fugitives who continue to avoid capture.

“Some people look at that and think crime pays. The simple message is this, if you have a warrant, the Orange County Sheriff's Office is coming for you,” he said.

In Orange County there's been a ‘warrants team’ for more than 25 years, but in the last 10 it's developed it into a more high-profile ‘fugitive unit’ to go after criminals.