WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A digital long-distance relationship that began on Instagram ended in a multi-state police intervention after a Pennsylvania man allegedly threatened to travel to Florida to kill a woman he had been dating online.
On Friday, April 27, 2026, Winter Haven Police took a report from a victim who claimed 29-year-old Hector Manuel Cruz had turned a month-long romance into a campaign of harassment and violent intimidation.
The victim explained to officers that the pair initially bonded over messages about their daily lives and work. The relationship eventually became intimate, with the victim sending nude photos to Cruz via text…