Found Deceased FL - Miya Marcano, 19, Arden Villas apts, Orlando, 24 Sep 2021

[JurassicParker]

The only way the family can know this is either a witness saw him pulling her through the window (if so, why not call 911?) or they have cameras and it's on video JMO - I can't think of any other way they would know - ideas?

Maybe LE? I know they aren't supposed to talk about an ongoing investigation but I can't imagine her Father sitting around waiting for answers. Any of her family members for that matter but I'm thinking they might be willing to give little bits of info to her family while updating them on progress.

 

[oviedo]

Maybe LE? I know they aren't supposed to talk about an ongoing investigation but I can't imagine her Father sitting around waiting for answers. Any of her family members for that matter but I'm thinking they might be willing to give little bits of info to her family while updating them on progress.

yes, that is what I meant to say - LE is telling them this perhaps? Or someone at the complex told them they saw something because they might have been returning from parties very late at night or early in the morning? If he kept her in her apartment until he thought it was safe to move her - using the window seems very risky to me.
JMO

 

[JurassicParker]

yes, that is what I meant to say - LE is telling them this perhaps? Or someone at the complex told them they saw something because they might have been returning from parties very late at night or early in the morning? If he kept her in her apartment until he thought it was safe to move her - using the window seems very risky to me.
JMO

Which is why I still wonder about the the suitcase location. Did he put her in it? She's a very petite girl. He could move her without it being so obvious.

 

[lizzied]

Which is why I still wonder about the the suitcase location. Did he put her in it? She's a very petite girl. He could move her without it being so obvious.

I felt that too from the beginning. he was 6'2' and quite a bit over 200 pounds...she was barely 5 feet and 130 pounds. It's been done before, I also thought of big laundry cart, duffle bag, rug. As mentioned given he likely blended in no one would be the wiser seeing him carry something around.
I sadly hope they find her but given his actions---I don't feel hopeful. I don't think he wants her to be found, otherwise he would have left a note or something behind?
JMO.

 

[swanniee11]

There hasn't been verification there actually was a suitcase correct? I know we said possibly due to planned trip home but We don't know for sure if one was packed etc yet correct? I'm confusing myself UGH!

 

[WellThen]

The only way the family can know this is either a witness saw him pulling her through the window (if so, why not call 911?) or they have cameras and it's on video JMO - I can't think of any other way they would know - ideas?

I think I read a news report that the bedroom door had been blockaded from the inside, and the window was found open.

 

[Allabouttrial]

There hasn't been verification there actually was a suitcase correct? I know we said possibly due to planned trip home but We don't know for sure if one was packed etc yet correct? I'm confusing myself UGH!

Correct. It was just speculation as she was due to fly to her parents that evening. Approx. 4 hours after she would have finished work IIRC.

 

[Allabouttrial]

Information from the police or scuff marks on the window seal. They did say the window was open, right? Also, the door being barred may have been an indication she couldn't have left through the door.

I was looking back through media links yesterday and noticed it says the window was unlocked. Nowhere does it say open. I think we all just took it to mean open as we also read the bedroom door had been blocked.

A natural assumption but maybe incorrect.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Semone Westmaas, Marcano’s aunt, said that community searches are widespread and they need more law enforcement resources to focus their efforts.

There’s “nothing in one specific area that we can say, ‘OK, we’re getting clues,’” Westmaas said. “We don’t know where to look at this point.”
Family of Miya Marcano pleads for FBI’s help in search for 19-year-old

Search For Missing 19-Year-Old Miya Marcano Enters Fifth Day

*Sheriff Mina said there were a "few items" they deemed suspicious in her apartment and they are continuing to investigate.
*What do ya think these items might be?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

yes, that is what I meant to say - LE is telling them this perhaps? Or someone at the complex told them they saw something because they might have been returning from parties very late at night or early in the morning? If he kept her in her apartment until he thought it was safe to move her - using the window seems very risky to me.
JMO

Since he’s the maintenance guy, could he have made it look like something he’s working on? Maybe he works half day Saturday or something. If he had her rolled up in a blanket, could he have went to the maintenance area where maybe there was some old carpet he rewrapped her in. Are they checking the local dumps? He had access to all kinds of tools, I imagine.

 

[Warwick1991]

I was looking back through media links yesterday and noticed it says the window was unlocked. Nowhere does it say open. I think we all just took it to mean open as we also read the bedroom door had been blocked.

A natural assumption but maybe incorrect.

These apartments have double hung windows. Some brands of builder-grade double hung windows can be easy to unlock from the exterior with the right tools. I 've watched it done. In fact, the suspect, since he was a maintenance employee, might well have had tools that could be used to open the window even if it was locked. He did have a burglary charge in Polk County, according to the Sheriff. He may well have had burglary tools. Of course, he could have used his master key - that would be far easier than the window, and IMO, more likely - and very quiet, unless she had a chain lock in place.

 

[Allabouttrial]

View from helicopter on the search for Miya today. It gives a good view of the Arden villa apartments where Miya lives.

 

[Allabouttrial]

These apartments have double hung windows. Some brands of builder-grade double hung windows can be easy to unlock from the exterior with the right tools. I 've watched it done. In fact, the suspect, since he was a maintenance employee, might well have had tools that could be used to open the window even if it was locked. He did have a burglary charge in Polk County, according to the Sheriff. He may well have had burglary tools. Of course, he could have used his master key - that would be far easier than the window, and IMO, more likely - and very quiet, unless she had a chain lock in place.

That's how he became a POI. It was noted he used the master fob to enter Miya's apartment 30 minutes before she was due home from work that day.

I don't think we know what level Miya's apartment was yet though. If it was the second floor I can't see how he could have left through the window with Miya.

 

[Marysmith]

Semone Westmaas, Marcano’s aunt, said that community searches are widespread and they need more law enforcement resources to focus their efforts.

There’s “nothing in one specific area that we can say, ‘OK, we’re getting clues,’” Westmaas said. “We don’t know where to look at this point.”
Family of Miya Marcano pleads for FBI’s help in search for 19-year-old

Search For Missing 19-Year-Old Miya Marcano Enters Fifth Day

*Sheriff Mina said there were a "few items" they deemed suspicious in her apartment and they are continuing to investigate.
*What do ya think these items might be?

Oh gosh this is brutal. I hope they do get more help. Time is of the essence.
Maybe he’s referring to the ?strewed clothing/?mess noted in her bedroom, her pillow with blood on it, her broken necklace, and the bedroom door being blocked?

 

[oviedo]

I’m very worried - if he left her tied up somewhere without water ….. I can’t think about that.

I have a media thread for her and will add today’s news.


https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/miya-marcano-19-arden-villas-apts-orlando-24-sep-2021-media-maps-timeline-no-discussion.590780/

 

[Warwick1991]

That's how he became a POI. It was noted he used the master fob to enter Miya's apartment 30 minutes before she was due home from work that day.

I don't think we know what level Miya's apartment was yet though. If it was the second floor I can't see how he could have left through the window with Miya.

So perhaps he didn't leave the same way he came in. Perhaps he used the window to exit with her because the apartments have internal corridors. Leaving with an immobile person in a blanket might lead to being observed by other tenants. So, perhaps the apartment was on the ground floor, and he used a window. He'd push up the bottom sash all the way up, and the opening would be tight but ultimately passable for a fully grown man and an immobile person. If the apartment was on the ground floor, there might have been shrubbery that shielded his activity from view.

 

[JurassicParker]

There hasn't been verification there actually was a suitcase correct? I know we said possibly due to planned trip home but We don't know for sure if one was packed etc yet correct? I'm confusing myself UGH!

No. No verification. I’m only saying it in the case there was one. If not then, what the heck did he do with her? For him to move her through the window would be crazy hard to do without being noticed. A Friday night in an apt complex, I feel, would be busy all night long. Somebody had to have seen something.

 

[Warwick1991]

Perhaps he pushed her out the window, closed it, left it unlocked, and then exited the way he came in. Then he went to where she was pushed out/dropped, and left with her. Perhaps music or street noise masked any noticeable sound. Student apartment complexes can be very noisy.

 

[swanniee11]

Perhaps he pushed her out the window, closed it, left it unlocked, and then exited the way he came in. Then he went to where she was pushed out/dropped, and left with her. Perhaps music or street noise masked any noticeable sound. Student apartment complexes can be very noisy.

Still doesn't explain the blocked bedroom door. That is what is driving me crazy. IMO

 

[Marysmith]

Still doesn't explain the blocked bedroom door. That is what is driving me crazy. IMO

I mentioned this before but maybe she had an ensuite and he was hiding and she had a shower (as it’s reported she had) and then while she was showering he blocked her bedroom door. Ugh - this is all so terrible to even think!