GUILTY FL - Dr. Hector, 76, & Debra Rivera, 55, murdered in Avila mansion, 9 Jan 2012

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I had it wrong so apologies to his family.
 
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It breaks my heart that Dr Rivera was killed in his being a kind and loving husband to his wife by bringing her dinner.. Had he been a selfish, unthoughtful hubby as many are and thought, "to heck with my wife I'm watching the game, I'll take her dinner after the game!" he'd be alive..

What a tragedy!!! It's almost always those we trust the most! Sad.
 
  • #64
the sheriff stated that they (the riveras) had started to distrust him recently and believed he was responsible for prior theft of jewelry. He also had a prior record with local LE.

I wonder if he wasn't a "charity" case for Debbie? She was very involved in charity causes - would be extra sad to learn the he was someone they were trying to help get his life together and he turned on her/them.

It just amazes me that this guy thought he was going to get away with it. He was last seen with her - the Dr. knew he was there with her -- was his plan to make it look like some random robbery gone bad and he survived?
 
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Yes now she's 45! :big eyeroll here too:.. Not trying to be funny or rude but I believe it's obvious that these discrepancies in her age are going down in age rather than up.. She'll be younger than her only son by the time this hits their newspapers tomorrow:crazy:
 
  • #66
Thanks guys for the updates.. Keep it coming as I can't watch from iPhone.. So it's Mrs. Riveras assistant?? Wow. I figured she was the intended target with hubby shot so flippantly in the driveway..

I am not sure that is what LE believes. The Sheriff said he was there to kill everyone.

So it seems like to me that he may have waited for the Doctor to return and then shot him too. Maybe he felt if he left the Doctor alive he would tell LE who he thought did it.

I owe an apology to his other children for thinking one of them may have been involved.:blushing:

IMO
 
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the sheriff actually came back on after a commercial break and said that "the doctor happened upon the crime when he returned to bring his wife dinner"

not sure if you caught that since it seemed like the conference was over - but they did come back and the reporters asked questions.
 
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How old is their son?

How long were they married and were they together for a long time before they married?

Thanks in advance.

IMO

They were married for 30 years in 2002 according to an article about their sons marriage. The son was 28 in 2002 according to the same article. The would make him 37ish.
 
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They were married for 30 years in 2002 according to an article about their sons marriage. The son was 28 in 2002 according to the same article. The would make him 37ish.

Thank you.

She looks so familiar. I wonder if she sold her jewelry and handbags on any of the on line websites like QVS or HSN?

imo
 
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This makes me ill......good people being taken advantage of......absolutely ill.
 
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Search warrant: Did Mrs R's helper/driver live on premises?
Upthread I wondered whether LE got S/Wrrt to check living quarters of someone else on the premises.

Now we know that it allegedly is not some random burglar/robber, I still wonder whether helper/driver lived there?

The short article I saw did not specify.
If another person lived there, I imagine LE would want to examine that person’s living quarters,
whether it was a room, suite, guesthouse, or over-the-garage apt.

Did helper/driver give consent to search own qrtrs, if he lived there?

Even if that person gave permission to search, LE might put on the belt and suspenders, to nail it,
in case it turns out that person was involved in the murders.
W/o consent from that person & w/o s/wrrnt, poss that evd from that person's living qrtrs cd be excluded in ct, imo.

Or LE might have gotten S/Wrrt for another reason.

Thx in adv. for responses.
 
  • #73
The title says it all.

Seems like Tampa 11:00 news is about over,
so I hoped some clips w/be posted now or soon.

Anybody?
 
  • #74
So that was why they needed the search warrant...to look for the gun....

How horrible that this man stole from and killed two people who had given him a very trusted position.

I guess he ran back into the house after shooting the doctor and then thought he could pass off the story that he was a victim too...LE was probably on him from the first since she had already reported him for stealing from her....the other searches were a cover for looking for the gun with his prints on it...

Very sad that this couple both so well liked and who had served their community so many years had to come to this end....RIP
 
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Yes, I agree alpine that it's likely due to this individual who up until the arrest none of us knew existed, and certainly didn't know there was another individual in the house claiming robbery and he'd been tied up.. Aaargghh !!! So, IMO that's the reason for the going the whole 9 yards to ensure that they nailed him by the book and not have any loopholes for him to slip through in the legal process of him being tried and convicted for these murders.. And his having hid the murder weapon inside the murder victims home.. Wow!!! I think LE just wanted to make sure and get him!!

Sick it's just sick!! Did he really believe for a single moment that someone would believe he'd witnessed the "mysterious real killer" kill both of these ppl but just tied him up!! I'd love to have even seen his attempts at tying himself up with the very limited minutes he had between shooting doc and LE arriving.. Just sick!!!
 
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How in the he&* do you protect yourself from a person with devious intent? I have doctors in the family and they have been approached by persons who want them to invest in this and that and the other.....Doctors, being naturally philanthropic, are very vulnerable I think. I am so angry at the evil of this crime.
 
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Argh. He actually looks like the devil. Rot in hell mr florez
 
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Argh. He actually looks like the devil. Rot in hell mr florez

Doesn't deserve the 'Mr.'......
Rot in hell Devil Florez. You are a disgrace to your family name.
 

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