A BODY has been identified as missing teen Miya Marcano who vanished from her home last month.
It comes after a body was found in a wooded area near the Tymber Skan on the Lake apartment complex on Saturday morning.
"A positive identification of a female whose body was recovered in a wooded area on October 2, 2021 has been identified as Miya Marcano," Orange and Osceola Counties Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Stephany said in a statement on Tuesday.
"This case is currently under active law enforcement investigation and any further requests for information, including cause and manner of death, will be deferred to the Orange County Sheriff's Office."
In an address to the press over the weekend, Sheriff John W. Mina confirmed that the body of Miya Marcano was found at Tymber Skan apartments in Orange County this morning.
The apartments are 17 miles west of Arden Villas, where Miya was last seen.
"Although we are very certain of the identity, the positive identification will have to come from the medical examiner's office," said Sheriff John Mina.
Emergency personnel found the body, as well as a purse with Miya's identification, while performing a walkthrough of a wooded area near the apartment complex.
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"We believe pretty conclusively that Armando Caballero is responsible for this crime and there is not any other person or persons that we are looking for in this case," he confirmed.
Police reported on Monday that Caballero, who worked as a maintenance man at Miya's apartment complex, was found dead by apparent suicide.
"Cell phone records showed us that Caballero was in or near the Tymber Skan apartments on Friday evening between eight and nine o'clock. That's the evening that she was reported missing.
Caballero was reportedly present at the apartment complex for 20 minutes, and did not return at any time before he was found dead by apparent suicide on Monday.
Authorities focused their search efforts on New Smyrna Beach afterCaballero's cell phone records showed he was in a nearby "marshy, wooded area" for around an hour during the early morning of September 25.
The records showed Caballero had traveled between multiple areas that night, from Orlando to Volusia County, but had spent the most time in New Smyrna Beach.
"I do think that he was trying to throw authorities off the trail by going all over the place, by going to New Smyrna Beach, possibly in an attempt to get away with this before he took his own life," Mina said.
'SIGNS OF STRUGGLE'
Authorities are still searching for at least two cell phones and one set of keys related to the case.
Details of her manner of death have not been announced.
An autopsy has not yet been scheduled.
Mina was reported missing on September 24 and was last seen at the Arden Villas apartment complex where she lived at around 5pm.
Authorities began searching the area around the complex on September 26.
Miya's father later revealed over social media that there had been "signs of struggle in her apartment."
Authorities later revealed that the window in the bedroom was unlocked, the room was in disarray, and a bloodstain was found on her pillow.
On September 27, Caballero used a key fob known to be in his possession to enter Miya's apartment.
Police announced in a press conference on Monday that Caballero had died by apparent suicide.
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