A “potential serial killer” has been apprehended for the murders of two women on separate occasions, allegedly brutally dumping their bodies at an intersection like “trash,” Orange County Sheriff John Mina said during a Monday morning press conference.
Carlos Yadiel Baez-Nieves, 25, was arrested in connection with the deaths of Fatia Flowers, 41, and Nichole Daniels, 44, whose bodies were found a month apart in March and April, Mina said .
Baez-Nieves, on separate occasions, picked up Flowers and Daniels, who both work as sex workers, in his white F-150 truck. He offered money for sex with both of the victims and then proceeded to strangle them to death afterward. He then drove them to the same intersection and “pushed their lifeless bodies out of his truck,” Mina stated.
“He targeted women who he clearly thought would not be missed,” Mina said.
The victims’ bodies were recovered at the same Orlando intersection within a month
Fox 35 Orlando reported , “On March 14, Flowers’ naked body was found at the intersection of Trevarthon Road and Harrell Road, according to an arrest affidavit.” Her cause of death wasn’t immediately clear, but ruled suspicious in nature, according to Mina.