Police tracked down murderer of three women in Florida after more than 20 years

More than 20 years after the murder of three women in South Florida, authorities have identified a serial killer responsible for the brutal killings.

Thanks to DNA test, Broward County Police identified Roberto Wagner Fernandes, Brazilian citizen living in Miami in the early 2000s.

The 22 June 2000, the body of Kimberly Dietz Livesey He was found in a suitcase on the side of a freeway in the town of Cooper City, Broward County.

The Aug 9, 2000, the corpse of Yes, in addition He was found in a bag by the side of a road in Dania Beach, also in Broward County.

And the Aug 30, 2001, the lifeless body of Jessica Bonne He was found floating in Biscayne Bay with traces of being stabbed more than a dozen times.

The three young women were drug addicts and worked as prostitutes. Authorities have since linked the cases, but they had no evidence of who killed them..

Twenty years after the last murder, police have found DNA evidence linking Roberto Wagner Fernandes to the three cases.

“Justice has no expiration dateBroward Police Chief said at a press conference, Gregory Tony. Wagner Fernandes died in 2005However, according to authorities, knowing the identity of the murderer will help the families of the victims to heal.

At the time of the murders, Wagner Fernandes was working for a travel agency in Miami. According to reports, he left the country for the last time on September 1, 2001, heading to his native Brazil.

“We had collected notes from fingerprints as evidence in two of the murders. But we had nothing to compare them to and the identity of the killer remained a mystery. It wasn’t until 2011 that an investigation by Miami Police revealed that the genetic material we had at Broward was the same as what they had in another investigation. Over time, we also found out that the fingerprints we had were those of Wagner Fernandes, which had been collected during the investigation into his wife’s death years ago, ”Tony explained.

In 1996, in Brazil, Wagner Fernandes’ wife died and he was arrested as a suspect in the murder. However, the local authorities let him go. In addition, he had been involved in several violent cases which did not result in homicides. Following the investigation into the murder of his wife, he leaves Brazil and settles in Miami.

Apparently, on his return to Brazil, his late wife’s family paid for his murder. Upon learning, Wagner Fernandes wanted to flee to Paraguay. While trying to do so, on a private flight, the plane crashed in 2005. It is not known whether the plane crash was linked to the attempted murder of his wife’s family.

Lest Wagner Fernandes fake his death, Brazilian police carried out DNA tests on the body and they confirmed that it was indeed he who was dead.

Beyond the end of the three murders committed between 2000 and 2001, the police believe that Wagner Fernandes may be responsible for other murders in South Florida. This is why they ask that if anyone has any clues, that they please contact the local authorities.

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