Miramar, Florida – A crime that shattered a family and stunned a community remains unsolved more than two decades later. It was a massacre so gruesome and personal that even seasoned detectives struggled to discuss it. On April 30, 1997, four members of the Altidor family—spanning three generations—were brutally murdered inside their quiet suburban home on South Crescent Drive. The killer was never caught.
“In my 26 years, I can classify this as the worst crime scene I have ever seen,” said Miramar Police Officer Bill Guess in an interview with WSVN.
That sentiment has resonated through the years as investigators continue to search for answers in one of the most heinous crimes in the city’s history. The victims included 29-year-old Marie Carmel Altidor, her 68-year-old mother Theresa Laverne, and Marie’s two young daughters—6-week-old Sabrina and 2-year-old Samantha.…