ST. CLOUD, Fla. — A woman and 4 men have been accused for the murder of Alexis Vargas-Algarin in St. Cloud according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
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Investigators were called to a home at 785 Henry J. Ave. back in October, where they found Alexis Vargas-Algarin had been killed.
Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said that Vargas-Algarin had been shot four times, once in the face.
On Wednesday, detectives said that they were able to finally identify a suspect from a single fingerprint found at the scene.
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Investigators were called to a home at 785 Henry J. Ave. back in October, where they found Alexis Vargas-Algarin had been killed.
Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said that Vargas-Algarin had been shot four times, once in the face.
On Wednesday, detectives said that they were able to finally identify a suspect from a single fingerprint found at the scene.
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The fingerprint was determined to belong to Carlos Luis Lopez-Bayona, according to OCSO.
The suspect’s girlfriend, Belky Chavarria, had asked Lopez-Bayona to fix the victim’s car, and she claimed that she was friends with Vargas-Algarin, OCSO said.
Detectives said Chavarria was brought in for an interview and eventually confessed that she and Lopez-Bayona, along with three men accused of the murder, were attempting to rob Vargas-Algarin.
The three other men involved were Gelson Ovidio Perez-Garcia, Jose Michael Martinez and Joshua Valle-Martinez.
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All five have been charged with murder: four counts of felony murder and one count of premeditated murder for Lopez-Bayona.
They are all awaiting sentencing at the Osceola County Jail on no bond.
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