FL - 2 charged with Franklin Cty murder of unidentified woman, 24 Apr 2018

[cybervampira]

Two charged with Franklin County murder of unidentified woman

Two people have been arrested in Broward County in connection with what investigators say was a “horrific” beating that left a woman dead in Franklin County.

Zachary Ray Abell, 30, and Christina Marie Araujo were arrested on charges of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence, said Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith. They are being held without bond.
Smith said the trio was passing through Franklin County on their way back to South Florida from Texas. The suspects, who have no local connections, were planning to flee the country when they were taken into custody by Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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The woman’s body was found dumped on the side of the road in an undeveloped subdivision near Eastpoint. Her identity is being withheld until her family is notified.
Smith said the trio stayed at Sportsman’s Lodge in Eastpoint and ate dinner at a local restaurant where they were seen on surveillance video.
Smith said there was an altercation in the motel room where they were staying.
“She was beaten very severely,” Smith said at a press conference Wednesday.
She had injuries to her face and head.
“Her death was a very horrific death,” he said.
Information was obtained from a Palm Beach County source that the two suspects mentioned dumping a woman’s body along a roadside.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/n...n-county-murder-unidentified-woman/550399002/
More (video at link): http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Body-found-in-Franklin-County-480688151.html

http://www.wtxl.com/news/two-arrest...cle_683c3e0a-47c8-11e8-bd41-f7d834efe235.html

 

[always reading]

So was she traveling with them ?

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[cybervampira]

So was she traveling with them ?

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Yes.

The suspects and the victim, who FCSO says were all friends, were passing through the community on their way back from Texas and stopped at Sportsmans Lodge in Eastpoint.

http://www.wtxl.com/news/two-arrest...cle_683c3e0a-47c8-11e8-bd41-f7d834efe235.html

 

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Franklin County authorities identify murder victim

EASTPOINT, Fla. (WCTV) -- The Franklin County Sheriff's Office has identified the woman whose body was found dumped in an underdeveloped subdivision in Eastpoint earlier this week.

The victim has been identified as 30-year-old Aileen Seiden.

Seiden's body was found around 5 p.m. Monday along a dirt road off of US Highway 98. Authorities determined that she had been beaten to death and a homicide investigation was launched.

Investigators learned that Seiden had been traveling from Texas to South Florida with two other people when the three stopped at the Sportsman's Lodge Motel.

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Both suspects were arrested on Tuesday in South Florida on charges of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence.

FCSO withheld the victim's name until deputies were able to contact her sister and inform her of the murder.

A vigil is planned for Seiden in South Florida at 7 p.m. on May 3.

http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Franklin-County-authorities-identify-murder-victim-481062551.html

 

[saraincredible]

Seems like she worked in car sales with the couple that killed her, based on her social media. They posted a bunch of photos on their various SM accounts of their work facility on the day her body was found, the 23rd.


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Friends: Eastpoint murder victim had become distant, sent strange messages

According to her friends, the 30-year-old Miami woman killed Sunday at a motel in Eastpoint was "a sweet, loving individual" who stayed in touch with friends — except during the last month, when contact from Aileen Seiden began to be spotty.

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The woman said she and several of Seiden's close friends planned to meet up for brunch March 25 but Seiden didn't show, and she wasn't at home when they drove by her apartment.

Later, the friend said she got a call in the middle of the night from Seiden, saying her cell phone was broken. When she called back the number, it was connected to a Facebook account for Christina Araujo, a name the friend didn't recognize.

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According to the management of the Sportsman's Lodge and Marina in Eastpoint, a scenic getaway on the banks of the Apalachicola River, late Saturday evening, the trio of travelers checked into a single room with two beds.

Well dressed and well spoken, the three barbecued in front of their room Sunday, and even brought back the lodge's owners a small gift.

"They were all having a good time," an employee said.

Paid up on their account, the visitors left by early Monday morning, the lodge's staff not yet knowing that Sunday night, something had changed, leading to a confrontation during which Seiden was beaten to death.

Later Monday afternoon, when the housekeeper came to clean the motel room, she noticed a prominent red spot on the mattress, not unheard of with slovenly guests, but enough to concern the owners to seek additional room charges for the damage.

About 5 p.m. that same day, Seiden's bludgeoned remains were discovered by passers-by looking to fish in a nearby pond. Sheriff A.J. Smith believes Araujo and Abell dumped Seiden's remains at the spot not far off U.S. 98, in an undeveloped subdivision a mile or so east of Franklin County High School.

On Tuesday, when the Sportsman's Lodge called the sheriff's office to seek a police report, which would be necessary to confirm the damages to the credit card company, Smith and detectives were following up a tip received from the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office to be on the lookout for a dead 30-year-old female who matched Seiden's description.

A visit by detectives to the lodge, and a thorough combing of the room by crime scene technicians with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, led to another puzzle piece falling into place.

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"She lived alone in Miami, she felt very alone in the world," Seiden's friend said. "She was a very good, loyal friend."

She did note that several text messages from Seiden to her friends during the trio's trip to Dallas concerned them.

"She wouldn't say where she was," the friend said. "She kept calling from random numbers saying my phone's broken."

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http://www.newsherald.com/news/2018...ctim-had-become-distant-sent-strange-messages