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Title: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby GUILTY of murder)
Post by: klaasend on April 04, 2012, 05:53:14 PM
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/miramar/fl-missing-miramar-mom-vilet-torrez-20120404,0,6583316.story (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/miramar/fl-missing-miramar-mom-vilet-torrez-20120404,0,6583316.story)

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Police seek public's help to find missing Miramar woman

Juan Ortega, Sun Sentinel

9:43 AM EDT, April 4, 2012

MIRAMAR

Police are seeking the public's help to find a mother of three who vanished Friday.

Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38, of Miramar, didn't show up for work over the weekend and, as of Wednesday, her family has been unable to find her.

According to relatives and co-workers, disappearing is uncharacteristic of her, police said. She lives in the 12900 block of Southwest 28th Court, police said.
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(http://www.trbimg.com/img-4f7c4a31/turbine/fl-missing-miramar-mom-vilet-torrez-20120404/187/16x9)


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: klaasend on April 04, 2012, 05:55:46 PM
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21007118192172/miramar-mother-missing-since-friday/ (http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21007118192172/miramar-mother-missing-since-friday/)

Miramar mother missing since Friday

(http://www.wsvn.com/images/news_articles/320x180/120403_Vilet_Torrez_missing_since_Friday.jpg)


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: klaasend on April 04, 2012, 05:58:14 PM
Looks to be her mostly private Facebook account:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1450562347&sk=wall (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1450562347&sk=wall)


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on April 05, 2012, 08:17:25 AM
http://www.local10.com/news/Search-continues-for-missing-woman/-/1717324/10216200/-/dvsmqcz/-/
Search continues for missing woman
Miramar woman last seen Friday

April 4, 2012

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Vilet Torrez works for a bath remodeling company. Police said she went to dinner with a co-worker Friday night. Her car was found in the parking lot of her condo complex on Saturday, but she didn't show up for any of her weekend appointments. 
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Police have checked cellphone and credit card records and reviewed surveillance video from the gated community in which Vilet Torrez lives, but they won't say what, if anything, those searches have revealed. 
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Video at Link


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on April 05, 2012, 08:21:31 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125382/Vilet-Torrez-Police-desperate-search-missing-Florida-mother-three.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
She would never leave her kids': Police in desperate search for missing mother-of-three who disappeared after seeing friend
Published April 4, 2012, Updated April 5, 2012

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Vilet Torrez, 38, was last seen and heard from when she visited a friend on Friday and failed to show up for work over the weekend.

Mrs Torrez, who recently separated from her husband Cid, has two sons and a daughter, all aged between four and 12-years-old.
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'We have been separated for a few months and have had our problems. But this is so unlike her. She would never leave her kids. This is so unlike her.'
Mrs Torrez of Miramar had taken a day off on Friday from her job at Bath Fitter in Doral because her children had a day off from school.
Police said they are worried about the welfare of the mother, reports msnbc.com.

'We’re still very much concerned. There’s an active search looking at all possible leads and angles and we’re searching in a variety of locations,' Miramar police spokeswoman Tania Rues said.
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Video and photos at link.


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on April 07, 2012, 08:31:34 AM
I heard on the tv news yesterday that the husband was named POI (I live in S Florida) -- this article does not say that. Trying to find something that supports what I heard on tv.....


http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/miramar/fl-vilet-torrez-shelter-hearing-20120406,0,3686100.story

Judge upholds removal of children from care of missing Miramar woman's husband

By Linda Trischitta, Sun Sentinel

6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2012
FORT LAUDERDALE—

The three children of a Miramar man whose wife has disappeared will be temporarily cared for by their maternal grandmother, a Broward judge ruled Friday.

Vilet Torrez, 38, was last seen March 30 and was reported missing by her husband, Cid Torrez, on April 2.

Broward County Judge Ken Gottlieb ruled during an emergency shelter hearing Friday morning that the children will stay with Vilet Torrez's mother, Gladys Blanco, of Hialeah. ::snipping2:: ::snipping2::


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on April 07, 2012, 11:30:20 AM
I found an article where the husband is called a 'person of interest' -- seems to conflict with article I posted above which says he is not???? The person quoted is not named -- just referred to as a BSO Investigator.


http://www.examiner.com/missing-persons-in-national/vilet-torrez-husband-named-person-of-interest-children-removed-from-home

Vilet Torrez: Husband named person of interest, children removed from home

Cid Torrez, the husband of missing Vilet Torrez was ordered to have his children removed from his custody on Friday morning.  The police are calling him a person of interest in the disappearance of Vilet, who was last seen leaving a friend's home last Friday night.

"At this time, the father is a person of interest, and we therefore made the decision to remove the children temporarily to the maternal grandparents," said a Broward Sheriff's Office investigator told the judge, reports WSVN news.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on April 09, 2012, 08:58:44 AM
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/04/06/dcf-removes-kids-from-home-of-missing-miramar-mom/
Grandparents Granted Custody Of Missing Miramar Mom’s Kids
April 6, 2012

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During a custody hearing Friday morning, Vilet’s parents were given custody of the three children. The father, Cid Torrez, will have supervised rights.

The kids were removed Thursday night after a confidential call was made to the Department of Children and Families that said Cid reportedly said he was going to get a gun and end it all.
“I heard exactly that,” Vilet Torrez’s brother, Javier Blanco said. “I’m gonna end it all.”

When pressed further, Blanco said he didn’t hear him say it, which Cid’s attorney said was simply hearsay.
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I understand the court doesn’t want to take any risk of somebody telling that this was going to happen,” Cid’s aunt Ruth Lopez said. “But he, there is no evidence. I think the court is covering themselves.”

The move came on the same day that police may have found new evidence in Torrez’s disappearance. Police executed a search warrant on Torrez’s home Thursday. CBS4 cameras showed investigators photographing strange marks on bricks surrounding a flower bed.

The marks were so concerning, police decided to take the bricks for further examination. On the front door, you can also see faint stains or smears.


Torrez lived in Miramar and left behind her children, her family, and all of her friends.
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During a Wednesday press conference with Miramar Police, new pictures of Torrez were released showing the mother with a big smile on her face. Her family said that how she always is at home.

Investigators told CBS4 they’re checking to see if her credit cards have been used. The last time anyone saw her was Friday, when she had dinner with a friend. Now, cops are following every lead and scrape of information they receive.
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Video at Link


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on April 09, 2012, 09:00:55 AM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Missing-Miramar-Woman-Would-Never-Leave-Kids-Friend-146587725.html
Missing Miramar Woman Would Never Leave Kids: Friend
Vilet Torrez has not been seen or heard from in nine days.

April 8, 2012

Video at Link



Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on April 10, 2012, 09:07:43 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Police-family-continue-to-look-for-missing-woman-146874145.html
Police, Family Continue To Look For Missing Miramar Woman
Vilet Torrez, 38, a mother of three, has not been seen for 11 days

April 10, 2012


Video at Link


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on April 10, 2012, 09:09:28 PM
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-torrez-awareness-campaign-20120410,0,2620417.story
Friends, family want public to remember missing loved one
April 10, 2012

Vilet Torrez disappeared 11 days ago, and family members and friends say they'll continue passing out fliers and talking to reporters until she's back home.
More...


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on April 16, 2012, 01:07:56 PM
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21007213588417/search-continues-for-missing-miramar-mother/
Search continues for missing Miramar mother
April 14, 2012

MIRAMAR, Fla. (WSVN) -- Police and loved ones stepped up the search for a missing South Florida woman.

On Saturday, family members and friends passed out flyers in Miramar, Saturday, hoping to locate 38-year-old Vilet Torrez.
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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on April 16, 2012, 01:09:49 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Family-Of-Missing-Miramar-Mother-Feared-For-Her-Safety-147490865.html
Family Of Missing Miramar Mother Feared For Her Safety
Vilet Torrez has been missing since the end of March.

April 15, 2012

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Torrez was reported missing at the end of March. After executing a search warrant at her home and checking surveillance video of the neighborhood, police still have no leads.

Torrez's family said they feared for her safety even before she disappeared.

"My mom has always had a mother's intuition," said Torrez's sister Nayiva Blanco. "Now that I look back, I keep thinking to myself 'Why didn't I pay attention?' The last thing she said was 'Do you want me to wait until I can't help her any more? Do you want me to wait until she gets killed?'"

They said the responsible employee and mother would have never disappeared willingly.

The Florida Department of Children and Families has temporarily removed the kids from her estranged husband Cid Torrez's custody after a family member made a confidential call to the Florida Abuse Hotline fearing the man would try to hurt himself or the couple's children. The kids are currently staying with their maternal grandmother.
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The family is also planning a candle light vigil for Torrez sometime this week.
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Video at Link


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on April 19, 2012, 05:54:23 PM
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-missing-miramar-woman-developments-20120418,0,7866674.story

Investigators search for evidence of killing in case of missing Miramar woman

By Linda Trischitta, Sun Sentinel

10:07 p.m. EDT, April 18, 2012

The property of a missing Miramar woman and her husband were searched by investigators who obtained warrants based on a suspicion that a murder was committed, court documents state.

Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38, was last seen at her Harbour Lakes townhome the afternoon of March 30. She was reported missing by her husband, Cid Torrez, on April 2.

Cid Torrez has not been charged with any offense.

"He is considered a person of interest, and foul play is suspected in her disappearance," Miramar Police spokeswoman Tania Rues said about Cid Torrez. "However, detectives are still thoroughly investigating all possible scenarios."

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on April 25, 2012, 10:40:55 AM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Vigil-For-Vilet-Torrez-at-Hialeah-Church-148769415.html

Vigil For Vilet Torrez at Hialeah Church
Family, friends are honoring the missing Miramar mother Tuesday evening at Casa Caná
By Steve Litz
|  Tuesday, Apr 24, 2012  |  Updated 10:52 PM EDT

Family and friends of Vilet Torrez came together Tuesday evening for a candlelight vigil in honor of the Miramar mother of three, who has been missing since March 30.

"We just thought it would be good to get her name out there and to actually have an event that people could come and pay their respects and sort of, I don't know if say goodbye would be the right term, but sort of feel at peace with what's happening,” said her brother, Javier Blanco.

He said he is trying to be strong for his parents.

"I can't even begin to try to understand what their perspective is like and what they're going through – losing, or thinking about the possibility of losing a daughter,” Blanco said.

More than 100 people attended the vigil at Torrez’s church, Casa Caná at 480 E. 8th Street in Hialeah, which began at about 6:30 p.m. Casa Caná was her favorite place on Earth, her friends and family say.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on April 28, 2012, 10:08:03 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/27/vilet-patricia-torrez_n_1459678.html?ref=topbar

Missing Mom Vilet Torrez's Brother Says He Suspects His Sister's Estranged Husband (EXCLUSIVE)

The brother of Vilet Patricia Torrez, a Florida mother of three who has been missing for four weeks, said he believes his sister's estranged husband is involved in her disappearance.

Javier Blanco, 32, told The Huffington Post he is convinced something bad happened to his sister and that her estranged husband was involved.

"We had been telling her for years to watch her back," Blanco said. "We said, 'This guy is going to hurt you.' In my mind, my gut feeling is that he was involved in some way ... Given the past threats, it's very easy for me to assume he had something to do with her disappearance."

Torrez, 38, of Miramar, had been separated from her husband of 15 years, Cid Torrez, for about three months when she disappeared.

"They were on and off for about a year and a half before that," Blanco said. "When she finally took away the keys to the house, there were death threats [and] he told her that her kids were going to grow up orphans. These were all telltale signs that somebody was going to do something crazy."

Cid Torrez's lawyer, Richard Della Fera, is adamant that his client never threatened or harmed his estranged wife.

"These accusations that he beat her are not true. These accusations that he had something to do with her disappearance are not true," the attorney told HuffPost Friday.

Tania Rues, public information officer for the Miramar Police Department, said investigators have not classified Cid Torrez as a suspect, but he is considered a "person of interest" in his wife's disappearance. Rues declined to elaborate on the reason for the classification.

"It is an ongoing investigation, and investigators are not going to comment on the details," she said.

Vilet Torrez was last seen by a friend she met for dinner on the night of March 30. Authorities have declined to comment on where Torrez went for dinner and will not release the name of the person she was with. Torrez's movements after the dinner are also unknown, but the vehicle she was driving was later found at her residence in the 12900 block of Southwest 28th Court, a gated community off Miramar Parkway.

Torrez was scheduled to work March 31 at her bath remodeling job with Bath Fitter in Doral, but she did not show up or call in.

"According to her supervisor, that was uncharacteristic of her," Rues said. "She is very reliable and responsible ... Obviously, everything points to foul play."

On April 2, Cid Torrez, who had a weekend visitation with the couple's two sons and their daughter, who are between 4 and 12 years old, reported his estranged wife missing.

Blanco said he is suspicious of Torrez's actions prior to the filing of the police report.

"He was at her house that night," Blanco said. "He had not slept at that house for three months and that one night that he chose to be there, my sister went missing. I guarantee you my sister was not expecting him to sleep over at all. Then he took three days to report her missing, which is really sketchy to me. He knew she had to work that weekend, and he didn’t say anything. I still haven't gotten a clear answer as to why that happened."

Della Fera said his client had good reason to be at the residence and claims the Torrezes were in the process of getting back together.

"They had separated, [but] they were making efforts to [save] the marriage," Della Fera said. "They were reconciling their differences and, quite frankly, Vilet was the one who indicated she wanted to reconcile. So, any characterization that Vilet was trying to end the marriage and Cid was upset about that is not true."

According to his lawyer, Torrez has a solid alibi for the period when his wife disappeared.

"He was with his brother and the children all day [and] into the early evening, from March 30 to March 31," Della Fera said. "He picked up his brother, they all went to movies together, [and] they had dinner at an IHOP. Cid's brother was with him a large part of the evening [and] into the morning. We just spoke with police yesterday about that."

Blanco said he does not believe his sister left on her own.

"She would never leave her kids, her home or her family," he said. "She is extremely responsible [and] extremely religious. We're a small immigrant family. We're all from Nicaragua. She is very bright. She graduated with honors from high school and won a scholarship to college. She graduated from the University of Miami with a marketing degree. She attends church regularly and is an incredible, caring mother. My sister is a role model to me and to the family."

According to Della Fera, police have searched Cid Torrez's home, phone and car. They have also obtained hair and saliva samples. He said they have fully cooperated with the investigation.

"My client has not been arrested," he said. "He has been cooperating with the police department."

It is unknown if police have searched Cid Torrez's place of business. According to Blanco, he is manager of the Dania Beach branch of Continental Carbonic Products, Inc. According to the company's website, they specialize in manufacturing and distributing dry ice and liquid carbon dioxide. The company services a variety of industries, including meat and poultry packing, industrial cleaning, and blood and plasma services.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on May 03, 2012, 05:15:03 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/30/vilet-torrez-missing-case-cadaver-dog-canal_n_1465666.html

Vilet Torrez Case: Police Cadaver Dog Searches Miami-Dade Canal For Missing Miramar Mom (VIDEO)

A cadaver dog was spotted searching a Miami-Dade canal on Monday for the body of missing Miramar mom Vilet Torrez.

Police officers from Miramar, Davie, Miami-Dade County, the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement were on scene at the C-9 Canal -- also known as Snake Creek Canal -- in an area where it cuts through the southern end of Miramar.

The officers are members of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue's multi-agency Urban Search and Rescue Florida Task Force 1, of which a Miramar officer and his cadaver dog are members. A police diver was seen on board a Davie police boat with the cadaver dog, which is trained to find submerged or buried bodies.

"They're trained to find the odor and then alert to it when they smell it," Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office K-9 handler Julianna Martinez told Local10. "The odor, when it's underwater, it's gases, so it rises to the top, so they can smell it on the top of the water. The same with underground: it will come through whatever the medium is that it's under, rocks or dirt or whatever."

The department is conducting similar searches using dogs in other locations, according to CBS Miami, and Task Force 1 told HuffPost Miami that 2 of their dogs were currently assigned to searches in Miramar.

"I got a call from one of her friends telling me that they were searching for her at a canal and it kind of hit me really hard because I know it has been a month, but you don't want to lose hope," sister Nayiva Blanco told MSNBC. "And when you hear stuff about canals, nothing good comes out of that."

Investigators believe Torrez, who was last seen March 30, has been the victim of foul play and describe her estranged husband Cid Torrez, from whom she separated three months ago, as a person of interest.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: Northern Rose on May 04, 2012, 12:26:12 PM
Police, Dogs Continue Search For Missing Miramar Mother

MIAMI (CBS4) – Miramar Police continued searching waterways in the city Tuesday. Police would not confirm exactly what they were looking for but the searches took place just minutes from the home of missing mother Vilet Torrez.

Torrez has been missing for a month. She was last seen inside her home and suspicion has fallen on her husband, Cid, who family members say Vilet was planning to divorce.

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Police believe foul play is involved. CBS 4 News first revealed last month that Cid Torrez is considered a person of interest in the case. Search warrants obtained by CBS 4 New show that Cid Torrez provided DNA and hair samples to police as well as his fingerprints

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Javier Blanco said his family cannot stop thinking about strange comments Cid Torrez made over the years about his wife.

“He told my mother that she was dead and that he sold a truck by telling the person who was buying it that she was dead and he needed to pay for her burial,” Blanco said. “These are things that normal husbands don’t do.”

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http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/05/01/police-dogs-continue-search-for-missing-miramar-mother/


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: Northern Rose on May 04, 2012, 12:27:32 PM
Missing woman's friend: We pray for a miracle
Police search Miramar waterways for Vilet Torrez

MIRAMAR, Fla. - As crime scene investigators and dive crews scoured a Miramar lake Tuesday for evidence in the disappearance of Vilet Torrez, her brother, sister-in-law and friend stopped to observe the search.

The lake near Interstate 75 and Miramar Parkway was the fourth waterway Miramar police officers and members of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue multiagency Urban Search and Rescue South Florida Task Force has searched in the past two days.

The officers were using K-9s specially trained to detect buried or submerged human remains as they continued to investigate disappearance of Torrez, 38, who has not been seen since March 30.

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http://www.local10.com/news/Missing-woman-s-friend-We-pray-for-a-miracle/-/1717324/12408462/-/yyhtv3z/-/


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on May 10, 2012, 02:30:34 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Custody-Hearing-for-Children-of-Missing-Miramar-Woman-150945165.html
Custody Hearing for Children of Missing Miramar Woman
Father seeking full custody of children of Vilet Torrez

By Donna Rapado, Diana Gonzalez and Brian Hamacher
May 10, 2012

The estranged husband of a Miramar woman who went missing in March was in a Broward County courtroom Thursday to ask a judge to dismiss a temporary custody order that would give his three kids back to him full time.

The children of Cid Torrez were temporarily removed from his custody by the court last month, days after their mother, Vilet Torrez, went missing.

On Thursday, Judge Susan Lebow set a dependency trial date of May 29 in the case and said the children will remain with Vilet Torrez's parents, who were given custody of them last month.

Cid Torrez will be allowed more supervised visits, including later this month for two of the children's birthdays. His parents will also be allowed supervised visits, Lebow said.

The judge's initial decision to remove the children from their father's custody was made after a confidential call was made to the Florida Abuse Hotline, according to Florida Department of Children and Families spokesman Mark Riordan.
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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on May 23, 2012, 11:30:40 AM
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/miramar/fl-more-search-vilet-torrez-20120523,0,4321958.story

Police divers search another waterway in case of missing Miramar woman

Authorities on Wednesday were preparing to search another waterway for Vilet Torrez, a mother of three who vanished in March.

Members of a multi-agency search task force have scoured several lakes in western Broward since Torrez, 38, was reported missing.

Wednesday morning, divers from the Miramar Police Department were preparing to search the lake directly behind Torrez's home along the 12900 block of Southwest 28th Court.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on May 27, 2012, 07:12:31 AM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Children-of-Missing-Miramar-Woman-to-be-Returned-Their-Father-Attorney--154548625.html

Children of Missing Miramar Woman to be Returned Their Father: Attorney
Cid Torrez will receive custody of his three children after a notice issued by the Attorney General's Office

By Karen Yi
Saturday, May 26, 2012  |  Updated 4:51 PM EDT

The estranged husband of a missing Miramar woman was granted custody of his three children Friday, according to documents from the Attorney General's Office.

Vilet Torrez, 38, disappeared without a trace on March 30, authorities said.

A week following her disappearance, her children were stripped from their father, Cid Torrez, after he was named a person of interest in the investigation, Miramar Police said. Husband Cid Torrez and Vilet had separated two month prior to her disappearance.

The Florida Department of Children and Families handed custody to Vilet Torrez's parents following a confidential call by a family member expressing fear that Cid Torrez could hurt himself or the children.

Torrez left a Broward courtroom in tears on the day a judge confirmed the children would no longer be staying with him.

His attorney, Richard Della Fera, told NBC 6 Saturday that the Attorney General’s Office filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, terminating the jurisdiction of the court.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on May 29, 2012, 02:29:07 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Children-of-Missing-Miramar-Woman-to-be-Returned-Their-Father-Attorney--154548625.html
Children of Missing Miramar Woman to be Returned Their Father: Attorney
Cid Torrez will receive custody of his three children after a notice issued by the Attorney General's Office

By Karen Yi and Gilma Avalos
May 27, 2012

The estranged husband of a missing Miramar woman was granted custody of his three children Friday, according to documents from the Attorney General's Office.
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A week following her disappearance, her children were taken from their father, Cid Torrez, when he was named a person of interest in the investigation, Miramar Police said. They said they suspect foul play in Torrez's disappearance.

The Florida Department of Children and Families handed custody to Vilet Torrez's parents following a confidential call by a family member expressing fear that Cid Torrez could hurt himself or the children. He and Vilet Torrez had separated two months prior to her disappearance.

"This is not a matter of a couple that's divorcing and we're fighting custody, this is a criminal case, this is an investigation. It's still going on, it's still being looked at, nothing has cleared him," Naiyva Blanco, Vilet Torrez's sister, told NBC 6.

She said the family was blind-sighted by the decision.
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Cid Torrez's attorney, Richard Della Fera, told NBC 6 Saturday that the Attorney General’s Office filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, terminating the jurisdiction of the court.
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Officials have not confirmed when the children will be returned to their father.

Video at Link


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on May 29, 2012, 02:39:11 PM
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/05/28/family-of-missing-mirmar-woman-outraged-over-custody-decision/
Family Of Missing Miramar Woman Outraged Over Custody Decision
May 28, 2012

(http://cbsmiami.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/vilet-torrez_1.jpg?w=300)
Vilet Torrez (Source: Blanco Family)

MIRAMAR (CBSMiami) – It’s been nearly two months since Vilet Torrez went missing. As the investigation continues, Vilet’s family said they are outraged the state of Florida is allowing Cid Torrez to have custody of the couple’s three children.

“I think it’s appalling,” said Javier Blanco. “I think it’s horrible and I think the state comes off as a joke.

Javier Blanco said his sister suffered abuse at the hands of Cid and was in the process of trying to divorce him when she went missing. The Blanco family told CBS4 the children are happy with their maternal grandmother and do not want to leave.
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Vilet’s sister, Nayiva, said she fears her family will lose contact with the kids if Cid regains custody.

“I fear that he might take them away,” Nayiva said. “I fear that he might make a decision of leaving with them somewhere, not letting us see them again, not talking to them about my sister in a good way.”

Miramar Police have searched canals and lakes, but haven’t found her body. Cid denied having anything to do with his wife’s disappearance.
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CBS4’s Carey Codd contacted the Department of Children and Families Monday to ask them why they filed their dismissal. A spokesperson said DCF had no additional information to provide on the case. A judge will hold a hearing on the case Tuesday.


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on May 29, 2012, 02:40:56 PM
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/05/29/family-of-missing-mirama-mom-angry-over-custody-call/
Family Of Missing Miramar Mom Angry Over Custody Call
May 29, 2012



Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on May 29, 2012, 02:42:32 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Custody-Battle-Over-Children-of-Missing-Miramar-Mother-Continues-Tuesday-155415625.html
Custody Battle Over Children of Missing Miramar Mother Continues Tuesday
Father seeking to get physical custody of children from maternal grandmother

By Brian Hamacher
May 29, 2012

The custody battle over the children of missing Miramar mother Vilet Torrez will continue at a hearing Tuesday afternoon where their father will seek to have them returned to him from their mother's parents.

Cid Torrez was granted custody of his three children on Friday, but Vilet Torrez's mother, Gladys Blanco, has refused to turn them over, his attorney said Tuesday.

"She's refusing to honor the law," attorney Richard Della Fera said. He said a 3:30 p.m. hearing was scheduled after he filed a motion to have the children returned to his client.

The Florida Department of Children and Families previously handed custody to Blanco and her husband following a confidential call by a family member expressing fear that Cid Torrez could hurt himself or the children.

But late last week, the Attorney General’s Office voluntarily dismissed the court case against Cid Torrez. Della Fera said he was told the children could be picked up Saturday, but Blanco refused to give them up.
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Authorities say they suspect foul play in her disappearance, and Cid Torrez has been named a person of interest.

Della Fera said Cid Torrez had nothing to do with his wife's disappearance, and said he just wants to be with his kids full time again. He expects the motion will be granted at Tuesday's hearing.

"He cares about these children, he cares about their welfare," Della Fera said. "We're in a state of limbo but he's anxious to get custody of the children and try to work through this difficult situation."
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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on June 02, 2012, 10:38:46 PM
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NANCY GRACE
Search Continues for Missing Mother Vilet Torrez
Aired June 1, 2012 - 20:00   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

AT LALAMA, GUEST HOST: Breaking news tonight out of Florida. A loving mother of three leaves her two sons and daughter, ages 13, 8 and 5, with Daddy for the weekend. She goes to dinner with a friend, then vanishes without a trace. As search and dive teams bring in cadaver dogs, has blood evidence been seized? And is it linked to the missing mom of three?

Now in a stunning development, the children`s father lawyers up, refuses to talk about the case, as a judge strips custody from the grandparents even though cops say Daddy is a person of interest in Mommy`s disappearance.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Someone out there has to know something. Someone out there must have seen something.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Missing mother of three.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police have searched canals and lakes.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you have anything to do with her disappearance?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Nothing at all.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: At this time, the father is a person of interest.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: His estranged wife, Vilet, went missing. Relatives say Sid (ph) Torrez threatened suicide.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m going to get a gun and end it all.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ever since they got married (INAUDIBLE) it`s been a rocky relationship.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The family says they are outraged. The state of Florida is agreeing to let Sid have custody of the couple`s three children.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I think it`s appalling. IO think it`s horrible.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Investigators took away bricks with strange markings on them, and they faint stains or smears on the front door.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police also searched Sid Torrez`s Jaguar.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She would never leave those children, believe me! Those children were her life!

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LALAMA: Good evening. I`m Pat Lalama, in for Nancy Grace. Thank you for joining us tonight.

We go straight to Florida and the search for a mother of three vanishing without a trace. A stunning development related to custody of the three children left behind without their mommy. To Deborah Roberts, news anchor, Florida News Network.

Illustrate this case for us. When did it all begin? When did she first go missing? Who was she with? What were the last signs of her? Any evidence that we know from those three days before the husband called?

DEBORAH ROBERTS, FLORIDA NEWS NETWORK (via telephone): Well, Vilet was last seen on March 30th. She had dropped her children off to stay the weekend with her husband, her estranged husband, Sid, and had gone out to dinner that evening with a friend. And that friend and co-worker was the last person who had seen her.

And after that, she disappeared. Sid, her estranged husband, had listed her as missing three days after her disappearance, alleging that maybe she had even run off with another man, something her family vehemently denies. And since then, there`s been no sign of Vilet. Police did seize some items from both of their vehicles and their home, but have not been able to find enough to tie anyone conclusively to her disappearance or where she might be.

LALAMA: All right. So let me get this straight. So Sid was staying at her townhome at the time of this disappearance, but he doesn`t normally stay at the townhome.

ROBERTS: Yes. They had separated about three months before her disappearance, and he was staying with friends further south in Miami-Dade County. And at that time, though, at that weekend she had disappeared, he was staying overnight at the same home that he had once shared with Vilet, the same weekend that she ended up disappearing.

LALAMA: Detective Steve Toyota, Miramar Police Department, update us on the investigation. It`s been a long road for you -- the searches, the investigation, the seizure of items from the home. Can you advance that case for us any more today than yesterday?

DET. STEVE TOYOTA, MIRAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT (via telephone): We`re actively still looking for Vilet. As investigators, you know, we`re still hoping for the best. But we have to prepare for the worst. We`re still looking for her.

LALAMA: To Detective Steve Toyota from the Miramar Police Department -- evidence. I know you seized items from the townhome and the two cars. What can you tell us about what you have seized?

TOYOTA: You know, we seized anything that we thought could be relevant to the investigation and her disappearance. But I can`t get into details of what we seized.

LALAMA: Is there any kind of physical evidence that you can tell us about? If you can`t tell us about physical evidence, can you tell us if some exists?

TOYOTA: Some of that evidence may still be yet to be determined. We`re still trying to put the pieces together, and we seized things that we think will be pertinent to the investigation. And sometimes, you just have to see how it plays out.

LALAMA: Let me ask you, Detective Toyota -- is your attention to any other people -- whether you can name them or not -- this is still a mystery. Where else are you looking? Do you have any other clues, any tips from people who are concerned about this?

TOYOTA: Well, I can tell you that everybody`s still a suspect. We haven`t eliminated anybody as a suspect in this. And Sid Torrez remains a person of interest in this investigation, but no, we are looking at all possibilities.

LALAMA: A stunning development related to custody of the three children left behind without their mommy. Let`s go to John Depetro, host with WPRO radio. John, what happened with the custody matter?

JOHN DEPETRO, WPRO: Well, it`s a matter now that the father does have custody. Pat, he has not been charged with any crime. And so although the children have been with their missing mother`s parents, a judge ruling that the father will have now custody of these three children.

LALAMA: Deborah Roberts, news anchor, Florida News Network, it`s been a battle between grandparents and Dad. How did it begin and now how has it all ended?

ROBERTS: Well, apparently, it began because of an anonymous phone call that casts a cloud of suspicion over Sid Torrez, that he would harm himself and/or the children, that led the Department of Children and Families to place the children in the maternal grandparents` care while the mother continues to be missing.

LALAMA: He is still a person of interest and only a person of interest.

Nayiva (ph) Blanco, sister of Vilet Torrez, we`re privileged to have you with us during this incredibly horrific time for you. Thank you for joining us. Can you tell us about the children? What is their understanding of what`s happened to Mommy?

NAYIVA BLANCO, SISTER: I don`t think they`re aware that she`s -- that something bad could have happened to her. They know she`s missing. And they think she`ll be back. They think she`s OK and she`ll be back with them.

LALAMA: Javier Blanco, brother of the missing mom, Vilet -- Javier, I know you`re probably distraught over the custody issue. But the courts ruled and children`s services ruled fair and square, apparently, but you must be outraged.

JAVIER BLANCO, BROTHER (via telephone): Absolutely, Pat. Thanks for having me. I think this is an absolute travesty. Unfortunately, that`s actually the law here in Florida. Apparently, even if somebody`s charged and actually arrested, if they bond out, they still have some sort of rights with the kids. And that to me is just appalling.

There should be some sort of safety system in the law, whereas if you`re still considered a person of interest in a homicide investigation of your wife, you should not have access to your kids. They should give an incentive to that person to clear their name. Instead, he refuses to say anything, to talk to anybody, to the media, to detectives. And it`s appalling.

LALAMA: Richard Della Fera, you are the attorney for Sid Torrez. Are these children in any danger in his hands?

RICHARD DELLA FERA, ATTORNEY FOR MISSING WOMAN`S HUSBAND (via telephone): Good evening, Pat. Absolutely not. I can tell you that the Department of Children and Family Services observed supervised visitation with Sid during the two-month period that he was in the custody -- or the kids were in the custody of their grandmother. And the Department of Children and Family Services observed a very loving, affectionate, positive relationship.

LALAMA: I want to ask Kirby Clements, defense attorney -- you know, this is a really, really prickly issue because we`re talking about a man who is only a person of interest, yet there are all kinds of allegations swirling about this character and behavior. And Javier brings up the point that, hey, as long as you are a person of interest, then you shouldn`t be able to have children. Is that just blatantly unfair and a violation of someone`s rights, in your mind?

KIRBY CLEMENTS, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Well, it`s absolutely unfair and it`s a complete violation of the individual`s rights and the rights of the children. I mean, if you think about it, the last person that this woman had dinner with is also a suspect. I mean, would we take that person`s children away?

I mean, you have to really look at it. If you have committed a crime against that child, then it`s appropriate to say that you can`t have custody of that child. But if you`re just merely a suspect in a disappearance that`s unsolved, absolutely no way they should take your children away. None at all.

LALAMA: But Alex Sanchez, also a defense attorney, you know, if there is a history of mental instability, if threats and allegations that have been rumored to have happened are true, then doesn`t the government end up with blood on its hands? I mean, I know the elephant in the room is everyone`s thinking about the Susan and Josh Powell case. You know, what if something happens? Then what?

ALEX SANCHEZ, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: You know, look, if the government was notified in advance that this guys was a dangerous character and they still allowed him to have custody of the children, they got hurt, you know, they could be held liable.

But right now, if the police have information that somehow, he`s involved in the disappearance of his wife, let them go to family court. Let them join forces with the family to make an application to have those children removed.

But you would have to come in and make statements and affirmations in court that you have certain information, provide that to the court and then let -- make the court make a decision in this matter.

LALAMA: Ramani Durvasula, clinical psychologist, thanks for joining us. I can`t stop thinking about what`s going through these little ones` minds. Just try to paint a picture for us of children torn by their mother missing -- and she is missing at this point. Their father is only a person of interest. Yet they`re being carted back and forth between grandparents and parents. My heavens, what must be happening to them psychologically?

RAMANI DURVASULA, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST: It`s terror and it`s chaos. For any child to not have a mom is frightening. It`s been months. They don`t know where she is. And it`s been an unstable situation for them.

Kids go to a really dark fantasy place. They often blame themselves. They wonder what they`ve had to do with it. They wonder if she`s coming back. And these kids are at a wide age range, so they -- they need to be sort of talked with in a different way.

But this is a time of terror, and it makes the world seem like a really scary place, especially when they don`t have a stable place to live. So all of this is combining to -- somebody really needs to talk with these kids.

LALAMA: Pat Brown, criminal profiler and author of "Only the Truth," I know you`ve probably dealt with many children in the course of your career. You know, what do you do in this situation from a law enforcement standpoint? I mean, maybe you could glean information from them. But it`s a delicate balance, is it not?

PAT BROWN, CRIMINAL PROFILER: Yes, it is, because -- and this is the problem with where the children are at because if they`re with the father, he can influence them. If they`re with the parents of the mother, they can influence those children.

And I agree with the lawyer that says you just can`t take away somebody`s rights because they`re a person of interest. What if you were totally innocent? You`d want to be with your children. And maybe your in- laws don`t like you for whatever reasons. Do you want your children over there with them and having them poison them?

So you know, on the other hand, he is a person of interest. And I -- I -- you know, most of these cases, we`ve found that there`s usually a good reason for that. It`s scary for the parents of the -- the grandparents of the children because the Josh Powell thing. They don`t want those children to go into a dangerous situation.

So I think everybody is kind of caught up in a really bad place. And it`s very hard legally to do much about it, except for...

LALAMA: Right.

BROWN: ... I want to point this out -- the behaviors. The fact that the social worker saw him talking nice to the kids in supervised visits is ludicrous. Psychopaths can do that all the time. What we need to see is what is his history. If his history has violence in it, there`s a reason to take the children away. If there isn`t any violence that can be proven, that`s a problem then. You can`t say there`s a dangerous situation necessarily.

LALAMA: Nayiva Blanco, again, back to you, the sister of Vilet. Are you nervous for the children being in Sid`s custody?

NAYIVA BLANCO: Yes. Yes, I am because I know this person. I know this person for 20 years. I know what my sister lived married to him. I know how controlling he can get. I know how he can go from being very nice and sweet in front of people like his lawyer`s talking about to changing in front of others to being different when he`s behind his closed doors.

I don`t know what he can do to them. I know what he used to do to my sister. What he can do to them, I don`t know. And my sister`s not there anymore to protect them. And we lost my sister. We want to protect them now. We can`t do anything for my sister. We want to protect them. I am worried of what he can do.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Miramar police say Sid Torrez is being investigated in connection with his wife Vilet`s disappearance.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ever since they got married, please, OK, it`s been a rocky relationship.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police also searched Sid Torrez`s Jaguar.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Vilet Torrez`s family asks anyone in their path (ph) if they`ve seen their missing mother of three.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police have searched canals and lakes but have not found her body.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Supposedly toxic marriage.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police believe foul play was involved.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I`m praying to God that she`s alive!

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Missing mother of three.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police believe foul play was involved.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Vilet would never leave her children.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Sid Torrez is a person of interest in his wife, Vilet`s, disappearance.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Vilet and her husband, Sid, were estranged.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Investigators took away bricks with strange markings on them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I heard exactly that.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The state investigated and agreed the children should be with their dad.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m going to get a gunpoint and end it all.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Maybe even possibly hurt the kids.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I do feel that it was a viable threat.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LALAMA: I`m Pat Lalama, in for Nancy Grace. John Depetro, back to you. Give us a timeline. Let`s set the stage for what happened two months ago so that our viewers understand everything before we go back to some of these pressing issues.

DEPETRO: Well, apparently, on March 30th was when she was reported missing, her husband saying that, essentially, been gone for three days. And since then, it is just a total mystery, with her friends and family saying she was a devoted mother. She wouldn`t just leave on her own. And it is just a complete mystery, Pat, as to how she disappeared and where is she two months later.

LALAMA: Detective Steve Toyota, Miramar Police Department, you know, I`m wondering about what she may have left behind, her phone, her purse. What was left behind? Have you been able to notice any kind of credit card activity, phone call activity, text activity?

TOYOTA: That I really can`t get into, Pat. But those things have been -- have been observed, or are being investigated.

LALAMA: Javier Blanco, brother of Vilet, you know, I`m just -- I`m trying to figure out, you know, where this is all leading. Did she have a single enemy? Was there maybe a jealous other person in her life? Anyone you can think of, a co-worker, anyone who might be part of this equation?

JAVIER BLANCO: Absolutely not, Pat. My sister was a loving person. Everybody that knew her always saw her smiling. She was always very caring towards everybody. Everybody at work misses her. They actually feel, you know, that she was one of the best people they`ve ever met.

There`s been plenty of comments on Facebook that speak to that. Nobody that I know as far as a lover because, actually, Sid was her only boyfriend in high school, the only boyfriend I ever knew, and actually ended up marrying him. You know, it`s unfortunate that she was committed to this guy all the way until the very end, even though he`s made several threats, had already choked her before, had had several affairs. You know, it`s unfortunate.

LALAMA: Dr. Bill Lloyd, board-certified surgeon and pathologist, you know, after two months, the well runs dry, the road dries up. It gets harder and harder to solve these cases, does it not?

DR. BILL LLOYD, SURGEON AND PATHOLOGIST: It sure does. Let`s break it down. From the moment she disappeared, something else was happening to her. Did she run away by herself? It seems like that`s not a typical pattern for her.

Something that we haven`t talked about is a murder for hire or abduction for hire scenario. This is why it`s important to consider this. When the police do their investigation, they`re just going to find friendly DNA around all the cars and all the residences.

Also, a murder for hire allows the spouse to distance themselves from the event, making them seem innocent. Pat, this is all about control, 20 years of control.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Missing mother of three.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police are investigating this case as a murder.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m counting the hours, I`m counting the minutes, and I`m hoping, I`m hoping she comes back.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Investigators gathered evidence outside the home he once shared with his wife.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a person of interest in a homicide investigation involving your wife.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police have searched canals and lakes but haven not found her body.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LALAMA: Pat Lalama, in for Nancy Grace. Back to Richard Della Fera, attorney for Sid Torrez. You know, I`m just wondering, did Sid have an enemy. Did have Sid have someone who might have ever threatened to go after his wife for any reason?

DELLA FERA: Well, not that I`m aware of, Pat.

But I do want to comment on some of the things that are being said about the relationship, about control and violence. I don`t know if my earlier comments made it on the air, but I did request all reports from the Department of Children and Family Services and the attorney general`s office that might relate to the petition to remove the children.

And I received no reports. Repeated requests resulted in no reports of any kind of violence or control, or any of the kinds of things that are being said. So I think the record needs to be clear on that.

LALAMA: Nayiva Blanco, sister of Vilet, you said something earlier that was quite haunting. You speak about your sister as if you think she has passed. Do you believe that to be the truth?

NAYIVA BLANCO: Honestly, I don`t want to believe that, but it`s been two months. And I know my sister. If she was alive, she would contact us in any way. She wouldn`t just ignore her children. She wouldn`t just disappear just like that.

My sister is a very, very responsible person. In fact, she`s -- I think she was the most responsible of all of us. You know, I believe that something really bad must have happened to her for her not to communicate at all with us.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police and confirming that Cid Torrez is a person of interest. She has been absent in her search.

CID TORREZ, HUSBAND OF MISSING MOM: I have nothing to do with her disappearance. Nothing at all.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Investigators gathered evidence --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police have search in canals and lake, but they have not found her body.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Someone out there has to know something.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now, Torrez gave a DNA sample, hair sample and finger prints to Miramar police.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I`m hoping, I`m hoping she comes back.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LALAMA: A devastating mystery out of south Florida. Two months. A woman vanishes without a trace. Not just a woman, a mother of three beautiful children. Her name is Vilet Torrez. And we still don`t have answers. And the only left to do is to keep searching.

Detective Steve Toyota, again, Miramar police department, what are you doing now?

You know, the thing about Florida a lot of people may not know it, there are just little pockets of waterways everywhere in south Florida. That`s a daunting task. How are you handling that in your search for Vilet?

STEVE TOYOTA, DETECTIVE, MIRAMAR POLICE DEPARTMENT (via telephone): Methodically. We are utilizing any assistance we can obtain. We have used cadaver dogs and other agencies to help us out. But, you are right. There are a lot of waterways in south Florida. There are many locations to search.

LALAMA: Something I wasn`t aware of is the ability of cadaver dogs to deal with bodies that may be submerged in water. How does that work?

TOYOTA: A body submerged in water will still give off a scent that the dog can detect. They will alert to that.

LALAMA: And how massive does the search remain? I mean, at some point you have got to be really careful about the use of your resources. Other people need help. Other cases need to be solved. So, how extensive is it right now?

TOYOTA: It is still pretty extensive. We still have a lot of detectives working on this. And, you know, the investigation kind a flows. It all depends on what information we are working off at the time. But, we still have devoted detectives working toward finding Vilet Torrez.

LALAMA: And one of the things you said earlier, you said no one has been ruled out. You mentioned, and maybe I misunderstood, you mentioned other people. Are you definitively looking at other people in this case that you find of interest as well?

TOYOTA: Maybe it wasn`t clear. We haven`t ruled anybody out. We are not being close monitor to any possibility. I could tell you that Cid Torrez remains a person of interest. And nobody has been eliminated as a possible suspect.

LALAMA: Pat Brown, where do you go after two months, you have a person of interest, a missing mother. What next?

PAT BROWN, CRIMINAL PROFILER, AUTHOR, ONLY THE TRUTH: You know, this is where it gets so difficult. Finding -- if we assume she`s dead at this point, if that`s what has happened to her, finding her body is going to be very, very difficult. If this is a person known to her, he is going to work overtime to make sure the body isn`t found unlike a serial killer who might just not care and just toss her in the woods and she pops up one day. So, it is very difficult. And we have seen cases go on for years like this.

All we can hope is somehow, someway, some real physical evidence, her body or some or she shows up or some physical evidence at home would leads to the closure of the case.

LALAMA: Ramani Durvasula, excuse me Doctor, clinical psychologist, you know, are there any psychological clues we can look for here? You know, signs she may have delivered before disappearing? She just seemed to vanish. What can we look for from a psychological level to help us solve this?

RAMANI DURVASULA, PH.D., CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST: I mean, I think that one of the big concerns is there was a lot of distress in her relationship. And what that -- where that was taking her to.
Now, no one in her circle assuming say that she was super distressed. Like if a person is really becoming agitated, if a person using drugs or alcohol they may sometimes get to the place where they will sort of run away and escape. There were none of the signs there. And while there was distress in the relationship, it didn`t seem so much that she would flee and leave her children.

So, one of the signs I would look at is how that relationship problem with her partner could have led to the disappearance, whether due to foul play or something else because that seems to be the core of the main problems in this woman`s life now.

Otherwise, you would look to see if they were having conversations with people saying, I want to get out, I don`t want to do this anymore. Really looking at conversations she was having with friends, and family, to see if that would give them clues and look at her past record of behavior. Has she done it before? That would tell us vial. It doesn`t sound like she has ever done this before.

LALAMA: John Depetro, WPRO radio, is the community involved in trying to solve this mystery? Well, I have been looking at flyers right now. So, yes, would be the answer, correct?

JOHN DEPETRO, WPRO RADIO HOST: Absolutely. I mean, there is no question. Tremendous support in the community to try to locate her. And again, I think one of the big things here is this is a devoted mother who wouldn`t leave her children. And that`s puzzling about her disappearance and why I think the community has come forward and worked so hard to try to find some clues to her disappearance.

LALAMA: And Javier Blanco, brother of Vilet, she was an interesting, bright, accomplished woman, was she not?

JAVIER BLANCO, VILET TORREZ` BROTHER (via telephone): Yes, of course.

LALAMA: Or is, I should say.

JAVIER BLANCO: You know, unfortunately I think it is "was." Because based on all the different testimony and all the different people coming forward, it seems that the only person to point a finger at here and who I think is guilty of this is Cid. So, I think unfortunately it`s was. But she was very accomplished. She graduated cum laude from the University of Miami. She learned to speak English at 15, spoke it perfectly. She was getting ready to build a corporation. She was actually getting ready to move on with her life.

She changed life insurance policies last year. You know, in fact, I just heard, you know, that Cid tried to take out a life insurance policy on her two weeks before. I mean, if all these things don`t really ring a bell and sort of start setting off alarms, I don`t know what will.

And really, I think Mr. Della Fera should really, you know, look to the mirror and look really hard because I`m sure he won`t let his daughter date Cid. I`m sure he won`t feel comfortable having Cid looking after his grandkids. It is really unfortunate.

LALAMA: Richard Della Fera, response to that?

RICHARD DELLA FERA, CID TORREZ`S ATTORNEY (via telephone): -- offense to the personal attack, first of all. And second of all, we have heard detective Toyota say they haven`t ruled anybody out and they are looking at other persons. So, what Mr. Blanco is doing and he is a lawyer that he should know better, is he is not honoring the presumption of innocent. He`s not honoring the rule of hearsay or any other rule of law. He didn`t honor the attorney general`s dismissal of the petition when he refused to return the children by operation of law.

So, what I`m confident of is that the detectives are going to do their jobs and they are going to continue that investigation and we should see where that investigation leads instead of jumping to conclusions and pointing fingers, we should let law enforcement do its job.

LALAMA: Javier Blanco, responds to Mr. Della Fera?

BLANCO: Well, we all know the family court system here in Florida is a mess. We have three different hearings and we have three different attorneys on the case. So, the fact that the system is perfect, you know, that assumption, I think, should be thrown out the window right now.

You know, Mr. Della Fera is not a family law attorney. So there were other reports that said he was hired just to be the family attorney for Cid. And that I think is bogus. You know, why all these like charades, all these different smoke and mirrors. I don`t really understand. Not only coming from him, but also from Cid. The fact he is not talking to anybody. The fact he had an interview and didn`t say a word.

I mean, if you`re hiding something then, you probably did something wrong. If you are a person of interest there is a reason for it. If everybody is still being looked at, why isn`t everybody a person of interest?

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Miramar police say Cid Torrez is being investigated in connection with his wife`s alleged disappearance.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Ever since they got married, he is OK. It`s been a rocky relationship.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police also searched Cid Torrez`s jaguar.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Vilet Torrez`s family asks anyone in their path if they have seen their missing mother of three.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police searched canals and lakes but haven`t found her body. Police believe foul play was involved.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LALAMA: Defense attorneys Kirby Clements, Alex Sanchez.

You know, we don`t want to rake a person of interest with the calls. Do you feel that`s what is being happening? Do you feel that there is enough being done to look at other potential suspects in the case? Alex, you first.

ALEX SANCHEZ, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: It doesn`t appear they are looking at other people. It looks like they are looking at the husband in this case. By the way, I just want to refer to one thing. The family, I know, desperately wants the children taken out wrong would to be with the grandparents. But, you know, the police probably want those kids the parents to remain in the house of the father. They are eyes and ears. They may come across some information. They may receive a telephone call, or a letter in the mail. They may overhear the father say something. The best place for those kids to be from a police point of view is inside the house.

LALAMA: Kirby?

KIRBY CLEMENTS, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: I think they are raking the father over the coals. I would point this out. I mean, if he was staying in the house and ordinarily he wasn`t there, was she dating someone else that may have become jealous as a result of that? What about the co-worker? Was it a male co-worker? Female co-worker? When did he last see her? I mean, there are so many questions about that person and those scenarios that had not been answered that it seems that it`s being a bit unfair to target the father at this point.

LALAMA: And you know what, back to Nayiva Blanco, the sister of Vilet. I`m just wondering, I mean, if she was making a new life for herself and you know, getting rid of what was seemingly a toxic relationship, did she date someone new? Did she tell you about a new friend, not necessarily something romantic but someone she found interesting? Because you never know what kind of creeps are out there and what they are capable of.

NAYIVA BLANCO, VILET TORREZ`S SISTER: No. Actually my sister always wanted to keep her marriage. We come from a broken family. Our parents are divorced, separated. And she told me how her biggest dream was to stay married forever until death do us part, you know. And she did everything possible to try to keep her marriage.

She went through a lot. And like I said, abused from Cid Torrez. And she looked for help in her church. She looked for help through her friends and through us, too, to say there wasn`t abuse just because he was a supervisor and the visitation of his children is just completely absurd to me.

I know this person for 20 years. I know my sister. She came to us. She told us everything she was going through. Christmas she was alone at home with us and her children. He wasn`t anywhere to be seen. And he was here in Florida and Miami. New year`s alone with us again. He wasn`t anywhere to be found either.

All those months after that, also alone she started telling my mom how she was tired of it. How she had given everything all these years and still, nothing. He didn`t change. She thought he was bipolar. She told us. Maybe he can get some type of treatment and things will work because I want to save my marriage. But, at the end she decided this is over. I`m tired. I`m going to move on. I`m looking for advice in divorce and I already told Cid that I`m going to divorce him. In this two weeks or a week before she disappeared.

LALAMA: And Richard Della Fera, very quickly though. You have claimed that they were trying to repair the marriage. Do you believe that?

DELLA FERA: I do. I do. About a weak or more before the disappearance, Cid had gone to a divorce lawyer to get papers drawn up for divorce and Vilet told him, no, let`s hold off. Let`s try to work it out. So, I this -- the characterization that Vilet wanted out of the marriage and Cid didn`t want her out of the marriage, I think is that belied by the fact that Cid went to a divorce attorney himself.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Outraged. State of Florida is agreeing to let Cid have custody of the couple`s three children.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a person of interest in a homicide investigation involving your life.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Cid Torrez is being investigated in his wife`s alleged disappearance.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Vilet would never leave her children. Ever.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The children were her life.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LALAMA: Pat LaLama in for Nancy Grace. And right back out to Dr. Bill Lloyd, board certified surgeon and pathologist.

There is -- it just seems like unless some amazing physical evidence shows up this could remain a mystery for the longest, most painful time. Particularly for this family.

DOCTOR BILL LLOYD, BOARD CERTIFIED SURGEON, PATHOLOGIST: It will be difficult for them. But Pat, if they eventually find body remains they will be able to answer some of these questions. Even if she were burned beyond recognition, they`d be able to recover DNA from inside her teeth.

LALAMA: Javier Blanco, you know, one of the things I always here especially during my time at "America`s most wanted" is that, you know victims, the families suffer when they don`t know. There is almost a relief just to get an answer, no matter how horrific it might be.

Are you in that sort of mental state at this point? Just give us an answer.

JAVIER BLANCO: Yes, absolutely. We actually just want closure. We want to make sure, you know, we are able to move on, to give her a proper burial. You know, proper good-bye. A good-bye that she deserves.

And at this moment, really finding a body would serve a lot of purposes because, you know, the investigation will move forward. Hopefully there will be an arrest and, you know, hopefully we will get the kids back in our custody.

But, you know, we got to keep in mind also, I want to touch back on a couple things. You know, he was a truck driver before. And so he knows desolate roads. He knows the roads less traveled per se. And he also does work now for a dry ice cleaning company that cleans everything including what I believe is blood from supermarket meats.

So, the fact that he took three days to report her missing and the fact that he refuses to talk and all he is doing is hiding behind his attorney, you know, it sucks that this is the system here in Florida.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The state investigated and agreed the children should be with their dad.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it`s appalling. I think it`s horrible.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Anything to do with her disappearance?

TORREZ: Nothing at all.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police have searched canals and lakes but have not found her body.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why would anybody try to do that to her, try to do something bad to her?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Police believe foul play was involved.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LALAMA: What a horrible mystery. This wonderful mother of three children Vilet Torrez just vanished into thin air seemingly. Still no clues. Still no answers.

Depetro, what`s next? What`s next? What are you hearing from police and investigators in your area?

DEPETRO: Right now, it`s really just a matter of trying to get a break in the case. And also trying to see if maybe the more attention on the case, maybe someone has some piece of information that they don`t realize it could be valuable. Everyone is obviously concerned about now the three children, going to be in the custody with their father. But this is one of those things where someone just almost mysteriously completely vanishes but we all know there has to be some reasonable explanation on what happened to her.

LALAMA: I want to take a phone call very quickly if I can. Diane in Florida. Your question?

DIANE, CALLER, FLORIDA: Hi, Pat. First I want to say my heart and prayers go out to the family. And why did the husband wait three days to report his wife missing?

LALAMA: Deborah Roberts, would you like to answer that quickly?

DEBORAH ROBERTS (via telephone): I have -- there is no reason why, he had said, allegedly, she may have run off with another man, something her family has vehemently denied and that didn`t see any reason to contact authorities because maybe she was just moving on with her life.
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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on June 04, 2012, 06:21:24 PM
Our local news just released an update -- I can't find it on their website yet and will keep checking so I can post an article with a link.

Surveillance video from Vilet's town-home community shows Vilet driving in thru the security gate at 5:15 AM (about) on Saturday morning. This checks out with the story from the friend she spent Friday evening with -- this is about the time he said she left to go home. They showed the video on TV of her going thru the security gate.

Vilet's (ex)husband says that he spent Friday night at her town-home -- and did NOT see her return to her home on Saturday morning.

So she made it thru her security gate into her community -- but never made it home?

I hope they get to the bottom this quickly -- the children were returned to the ex husband a few days ago - this makes me nervous :-(



Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on June 04, 2012, 07:11:04 PM
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-vilet-torrez-surveillance-video-20120604,0,209321.story

This is the link to the story in the SunSentinel dated June 04, 2012 -- unfortunately I can no longer access their stories without membership. But others should be able to.

I will keep checking the Miami Herald - as well as NBC6 which is the local station that reported the story.


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on June 04, 2012, 07:17:58 PM
I was able to grab a little of the article before the site blocked me :-)  If you can access the link, the video is there.



http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-vilet-torrez-surveillance-video-20120604,0,209321.story
June 04, 2012


Video that shows a Miramar woman who has been missing for two months was released Monday by police.

The footage shows a partially visible female at the wheel of a 2006 silver Toyota Sienna minivan who matches the description of Vilet Torrez, a 38-year-old mother of three children, police said.
She was last seen by a friend on March 30, and was reported missing on April 2 by her estranged husband, Cid Torrez, investigators said.


While Vilet Torrez was driving through the gates of the Harbour Lake Townhomes at 5:17 a.m. on March 31, her husband was inside their residence on Southwest 28th Court with the children, Miramar Police Spokeswoman Tania Rues said Monday.

The video time stamp is an hour ahead of when Torrez was captured by the cameras, Rues said.

Torrez's minivan can be seen moving between entrances to Harbour Lake and she eventually uses the visitor's gate to get inside, Rues said.
Video cameras did not record her minivan leaving Harbour Lake, Rues said, and it was later removed by police.

"Detectives believe she made it into her community safely and then disappeared after that," Rues said. "Maybe someone saw something."

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on June 04, 2012, 08:35:06 PM
Better link (I hope)

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Surveillance-Video-Of-Missing-Miramar-Mom-Released-157026295.html

Surveillance Video of Missing Miramar Mom Released

Vilet Torrez was reported missing by her husband, Cid Torrez, on April 2
By Lisa Orkin Emmanuel and Diana Gonzalez
Monday, Jun 4, 2012  |  Updated 7:44 PM EDT

Miramar Police released surveillance video on Monday of a missing woman which shows her car entering into her complex before disappearing.

Vilet Torrez was reported missing by her husband, Cid Torrez, on April 2. Authorities suspect foul play and Cid Torrez has been named a person of interest. They have searched canals and bodies of water for weeks, but turned up no clues to her disappearance.

The surveillance video shows her 2006 silver Toyota Sienna entering the Harbour Lakes Townhomes community on March 31 at 5:17 a.m. after she went out with a friend that night, Miramar Police spokeswoman Tania Rues said.

According to the video, Vilet Torrez, 38, attempted to enter through the residents' lane, but she couldn't get in. So, she entered through the visitors' lane instead.

"Her husband has stated that he was at the home, that he spent that evening at the home with the kids. He has said that he did not see her that day," Rues said. "So what we do know is that her vehicle entered the community. She was very close to her home, yet she disappeared shortly thereafter."

Her car was parked at the complex until it was taken out by police.

Vilet Torrez's brother, Javier Blanco, provided cell phone records to NBC 6 which show that his sister made two phone calls to her husband beginning at 5:19 a.m., two minutes after she crossed through the gate.

"What makes sense to me is exactly what we've been saying all along – that she made it home, and once she was home, she parked her car, and she called Cid. She called Cid twice from her phone to his cellular phone," Blanco said.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on June 05, 2012, 06:28:26 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/911-Call-Released-in-Vilet-Torrez-Case-157303665.html

911 Call Released in Vilet Torrez Case
Husband Cid Torrez reported her missing on April 2
By Edward B. Colby
Tuesday, Jun 5, 2012  |  Updated 4:20 PM EDT


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The last glimpse of Vilet Torrez is video of trying to get through the gated entrance of her Harbour Lakes Townhomes community in Miramar in her 2006 silver Toyota Sienna beginning at 5:17 a.m. on Saturday, March 31.

On the 911 call, the dispatcher asked how long she has been missing, and Cid Torrez replied that he doesn’t know.

“Saturday she wasn’t here, alright, and Friday as a matter of fact, yeah, Saturday morning, on Friday night she didn’t come to sleep, and then I don’t know about Saturday, and now it’s Sunday I definitely did it, so …” he said, as the dispatcher asked, “You did what?”

“I mean, um, it was 1 o’clock and she didn’t show up either,” Cid Torrez said.

“OK, so she’s been missing since Friday?” the dispatcher asked, and Torrez said he guesses that is the case.

Della Fera said Tuesday that Cid Torrez's statement "on Sunday I definitely did it" referred to when he called Vilet Torrez's mother, Gladys Blanco, and were not an admission.

"What we are hearing is a distraught man calling 911 to report that his wife did not come home over the weekend. Cid Torrez tried calling and texting his wife, Vilet, numerous times over the weekend. On Sunday evening, April 1, 2012, Cid attempted to reach Vilet several times between 7:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m.," Della Fera said in a statement. "Around 1:00 a.m., he called Vilet’s mother for the first time to explain that he had not heard from Vilet all weekend. This was a call he did not want to have to make."

Della Fera continued, "In listening to the 911 call, it is clear that Cid was recounting for himself and the officer his efforts to piece together the whereabouts of Vilet for the prior few days and what he had been doing to locate her. His comments were a reflection of his calls on Sunday to Vilet and to her mother and the fact that they were made. As a result, his specific statement 'on Sunday I definitely did it' refers to his calling Vilet’s mother. Any suggestion that this statement is an admission of some sort is utterly preposterous."

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At first when Cid Torrez did not describe clearly the status of his wife’s cars. But when the dispatcher asked him about it, he replied that both were at the house.

“Friday night when we came back home, alright, her personal car was not there, and her company car was parked right in the driveway,” he said.

He added a moment later, “Saturday morning, alright, her car was still not there. And then Saturday afternoon we left at 11, her car was there, and her company car was there, so both cars were there.”

The dispatcher asked if Vilet Torrez took anything with her.

“Both of her purses are there in the house, but there’s no cell phones and there’s no, like, her personal wallet with all of her information,” he said.

The call ends with the dispatcher saying he is sending someone over to the house.


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on June 07, 2012, 11:52:48 AM
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/05/2833950/search-continues-for-missing-alum.html#storylink=misearch

Posted on Tuesday, 06.05.12

Search continues for missing MSSH alum

By ANGIE AGUILA
River Cities Gazette

The search for Miami Springs graduate Vilet Torrez, 38, mother of three, continues.

Torrez, who has lived in Miramar for the past few years and graduated from Miami Springs Senior High School in 1993, has been missing from her Miramar home since March 30. Vilet and her sister were both Golden Girls at Miami Springs Senior High School.

You may have seen Vilet’s siblings on both local and national news circuits this week as they try to draw as much attention as possible to the disappearance of their sister.

Police say the last time anyone saw Vilet Torrez alive was on Friday, March 30, when she met a co-worker that night for dinner. Her estranged husband, Cid Torrez, was watching their three children that weekend. Police just released surveillance video on Monday that shows Vilet Torrez driving through the gates of the Harbour Lake Townhomes at 5:17 a.m. on March 31. Miramar police believe her husband was inside their residence on Southwest 28th Court with the children. Video cameras did not record her minivan leaving the gated community.

Her car was found in the parking lot of her apartment complex. Cid Torrez reported her missing on Monday, April 2, three days after she was last seen.

After Vilet’s disappearance, the children stayed with their maternal grandparents until last week’s court ruling that granted custody back to their father.

Cid Torrez continues to be a “person of interest,” according to Miramar Police.

“We miss her, all of us,” Cid Torrez told Headline News’ Nancy Grace. “We’re hoping she’ll come back soon. Thank you for continuing to search for her.”

Vilet’s younger sister, Nayiva Blanco, is committed to keeping the search going. She has started an Internet campaign on both Twitter and Facebook to keep people informed. 

In response to Cid Torrez’s interview with the national news media, Nayiva Blanco writes on their public Facebook page, “It’s been over two months since she vanished. How soon do you ‘hope’ for her return? Two months is already too much for us who truly miss her and love her. Are you still waiting and hoping and thanking others while doing nothing to solve this? She hasn't come back! There’s no sign of her! Don’t thank us. Do something!”

Cid Torrez has denied he had anything to do with his estranged wife’s disappearance. However, Vilet Torrez’s family says they don’t believe him. The Blanco family has also expressed deep concerns for the safety of the three young children.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on June 08, 2012, 12:33:27 PM
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1206/07/ijvm.01.html
JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL
New Video Emerges of Butcher of Montreal; Secrets Revealed in Husband`s 911 Call?; New Search for Mickey; Adventure to Slim; Salute to the Troops
Aired June 7, 2012 - 19:00   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

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And we`ll play you the newly-released 911 calls reporting the disappearance of mother of three Vilet Torrez. Did the mystery caller make a shocking confession, blurting out that, quote, "definitely did it" before abruptly changing his story? I`ll talk to Vilet`s sister tonight.
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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She would never leave those children. Those children were her life.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) I definitely did it. So...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You did what?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I mean, it was -- she didn`t show up.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are actively still looking for Vilet. Everybody is still a suspect.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Both of her purses are there at the house, but there`s no billfold inside. There`s no -- or personal wallet with her information. You know, it`s not in the house.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Cid Torrez remains a person of interest in this investigation.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Instead he refuses to say anything, to talk to anybody.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The father does have custody.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And that to me is just appalling. There should be a sort of safety system in the law, whereas if you`re still considered a person of interest in the homicide investigation of your wife, you should not have access to your kids.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There is no evidence. I pray to God that she`s alive.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Tonight, a just-released 911 call could shed new light on the case of missing mom Vilet Torrez.

A mystery man called 911 to report her missing. Was that mystery man her ex-husband? What he told the dispatcher can only be described as bizarre.

Vilet Torrez was reported missing two months ago after she went on a date with her new boyfriend. This is the last time anybody saw this mom, on the surveillance video, as she tries to get through the security gate where she lived. While parked at this gate, Vilet`s brother said that Vilet called her estranged husband, not once, but twice. Why would she call him?

This video was recorded on Saturday, March 31. Two days later, her husband said he reported her missing by calling 911. Listen to what was said on the 911 tape.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TORREZ: I don`t know. Saturday she wasn`t here, all right? And Friday, as a matter of fact -- yes, Saturday morning and Friday night she didn`t come to sleep, and then I don`t know about Saturday. And now Sunday, I definitely did it. So...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You did what?

TORREZ: I mean, it was 1 o`clock, and she didn`t show up either.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK, so she`s been missing since Friday?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: OK. The individual who is making that call to 911 says, "I definitely did it"? What on earth does that mean?

Police told us today that Cid Torrez, the estranged husband, who works with a company that sells dry ice, is no longer cooperating with their investigation and they consider him a person of interest.

However, he maintains his innocence. And he and/or his attorney are invited on our show any time.

Vilet`s family says Vilet`s estranged husband made death threats and told her that her kids were going to grow up orphans, something the attorney for Cid Torrez denies.

Here is Cid Torrez himself talking about his missing wife.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you have anything to do with her disappearance?

TORREZ: Nothing at all. I`m counting the hours and...

JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL, HLN HOST: Vilet`s family says Vilet`s estranged husband made death threats and told her that her kids were going to grow up orphans, something the attorney for Cid Torrez denies.

Here is Cid Torrez himself talking about his missing wife.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you have anything to do with her disappearance?

CID TORREZ, ESTRANGED HUSBAND OF VILET TORREZ: Nothing at all. I`m counting the hours, and I`m counting the minutes, and I`m hoping. I`m hoping she comes back.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: This beautiful mom has three young children between the ages of 4 and 12 and now her husband has custody of those kids. Could police have released this 911 call to put pressure on the husband?

Vilet`s sister, Nayiva Blanco, you join me tonight, thank you. My heart goes out to you. I know what hell it is to not have any knowledge of what happened to your precious sister. First of all, what was your reaction to this 911 and what was said? Can you recognize the voice on the tape on the 911 call?

NAYIVA BLANCO, SISTER OF VILET TORREZ: Yes, I clearly recognize it`s Cid Torrez calling 911.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Victor, meaning the estranged husband of your sister.

BLANCO: Yes, that`s her ex-husband.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Cid? Cid.

BLANCO: Cid Torrez.
BLANCO: When you hear it, you`re saying -- I don`t know, I`ve never met the man -- you`re saying it sounds like him?

BLANCO: It is him. I know it. I`d recognize his voice anywhere. I`ve spoken to him many times. I`ve known this man for 20 years. I`ve spoken to him on the phone, in person. I know it`s him.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Let`s listen to the portion of the 911 call again where we hear a man who you hear the family of the woman say it`s her estranged husband and we don`t have any independent confirmation of that, but this individual blurts out the words "I definitely did it."

Listen carefully.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

TORREZ: I don`t know. Saturday she wasn`t here, all right. And -- Friday, as a matter of fact -- yes, Saturday morning, on Friday night she didn`t come to sleep and then I don`t know about Saturday. And now Sunday, I definitely did it. So --

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You did what?

TORREZ: I mean it was 1:00 and she didn`t show up either.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ok. So she`s been missing since Friday?

TORREZ: I guess. I guess.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: All right. Now, we reached out to the estranged husband and again, they`re invited. He or his attorney are invited on the show any time but we did get a statement and let me read it to you.

"Cid Torrez has made prior statements to the police and the media that he had nothing do with Vilet`s disappearance. He has nothing further to add to those statements."

And that is from his attorney.

Now, under Florida law, police cannot release the identity of the caller but the husband has told media outlets that he reported her missing by calling 911.

So I`ve got to ask Pat Brown, criminal profiler, you heard the 911 call this "I did it" comment, is that an innocuous comment? What do you make of it?

PAT BROWN, CRIMINAL PROFILER: The whole call is fascinating. He can`t keep his story straight. He`s not starting in the beginning and going to the end with a simple explanation of what`s true. He`s all over the place, trying to explain why she`s not there. And he does give a confession which I think is even more interesting that he is then asked "What do you mean?" And he just doesn`t answer that. So if he has something that he could tell them or what he meant besides "I killed her" he would have said what that was.

So this is an extraordinarily suspicious type, extremely deceptive. Yes, they`re going to be looking at him 100 percent from this tape.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Well, Jayne Weintraub, you`re a criminal defense attorney and I know you always speak up for people who are under the microscope. What is an explanation is there for that. I mean when people are making 911 calls -- if he is making that call and we haven`t been able to verify that -- would that be somewhere somebody is shaky and they don`t -- they`re confused and agitated?

JAYNE WEINTRAUB, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Well, I think -- and they`re under a great deal of stress. He might have been confused. He might have been so overwhelmed or overwrought if he thought he was actually making this call.

I mean Jane, he didn`t have to call 911 at all and if he`s the killer, why would he call 911? So I think there`s an innocent explanation. I think that he`s overwrought and overwhelmed and under the stress.

I don`t think he was focused on the question when he was giving that answer, "I did it". I think that it could have just meant "I did it. I looked for her. I did it on Sunday she wasn`t there." I don`t think it meant "I did it. I killed her." I mean that would be absurd. Why would he call 911?

VELEZ-MITCHELL: The 911 dispatcher asked the caller -- well, that some suspect is Vilet`s husband, we don`t know for sure -- if he knew what Vilet was wearing when she disappeared. Here`s his answer. Listen carefully.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you know what she was last seen wearing?

TORREZ: I`m sorry?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you know the last type of clothing she had on. What was she wearing the last time you seen her?

TORREZ: No, that`s the thing. On Friday supposedly she was going to work, but I don`t know what happened from there.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Ok, Nayiva, you`re the sister of the missing woman. What was their relationship at the time of your sister`s disappearance?

BLANCO: They were separated. They had been separated for three months, and as I understood he was not living in the house anymore and he had gone to the house on Friday to pick up the children.

(CROSSTALK)

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Now I understand according to phone records they reportedly indicate that Vilet called her estranged husband when she couldn`t get in. She had been on a date with another man. Is that true? Tell us about that.

BLANCO: I don`t know if she had been on a date with another man. I know she went out to dinner with a co-worker. I know that she told her daughter that she was going out eat. She called her daughter around 10:00 and she told her, "I`m going to eat, ok?" And she said, "All right." And that`s the last thing I heard.

VELEZ-MITCHELL: Are you upset that the estranged husband has the children?

BLANCO: Of course, I`m upset. He`s still a person of interest and all these things are coming out about him, and it makes him even more suspicious. And if he feels these walls closing in, I don`t know what he`s capable of doing to the kids.

(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: Northern Rose on June 08, 2012, 11:38:28 PM
Officers again search missing woman's home

 Last Updated: Today at 8:03 am EDT Edit to add date.  MB  "Today" won't mean much when we read back in the future, especially if the post is quoted later.  Please take the time to make it easier for readers.  Thank you.   ::MonkeyWink::
June 8, 2012
MIRAMAR, Fla. (WSVN) -- Detectives continue to comb for clues in a mother's disappearance.
 
Thursday, police and forensic investigators returned to the home of 38-year-old Vilet Torrez, and served another search warrant to retrieve additional evidence in the case.

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http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21007681999743/officers-again-search-missing-woman-s-home/


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: Northern Rose on June 08, 2012, 11:41:46 PM
Miramar Police Search Home Of Missing Miramar Mother Again

June 7, 2012 11:44 PM

MIRAMAR (CBS4) – Miramar Police served another search warrant Thursday at the home of a missing Miramar woman as they try to figure out what led to her disappearance.
 
Police would not confirm what — if anything — they found in Vilet Torrez’s home. But CBS 4 cameras did see a security employee walking out of the house with a box.
 
Vilet’s family and friends confirmed that Vilet had an alarm system in the home but no cameras. Her best friend — Clarissa Garcia — speculated police might have been trying to find out whether Vilet actually made it home in the early morning hours of Saturday March 31.

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http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/06/07/miramar-police-search-home-of-missing-miramar-mother-again/


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: Northern Rose on June 08, 2012, 11:43:33 PM
Friend Of Missing Miramar Mother: Husband Lied About Terminal Illnesses

June 6, 2012 8:50 PM

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2012/06/06/friend-of-missing-miramar-mother-husband-lied-about-terminal-illnesses/


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: klaasend on June 09, 2012, 12:04:38 AM
Please make it a habit of copying the date of the article along with the headline and when posting a snippet and the link.  Often the date is very important! 


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: Northern Rose on June 12, 2012, 11:43:06 PM
Family steps up search for missing Miramar woman
June 12 2012

MIRAMAR, Fla. (WSVN) -- The family of a missing Miramar woman is stepping up the search for their loved one.
 
Relatives of Vilet Torrez say they've hired the high-profile search company Texas Equusearch, the same firm that helped in the Casey Anthony case.
 
The family will meet with the firm on Wednesday

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http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21007725249187/family-steps-up-search-for-missing-miramar-woman/


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: cw618 on June 13, 2012, 01:23:06 PM
bro may be right, i couldnt find the one i was looking for,but this one is along the
same idea

CASE REPORT

ABSTRACT: This report documents a rare case of carbon dioxide intoxication in a young healthy
male. The deceased hid in a small plastic container,size 1.5 · 1 · 1 m, and within 5 min he was
located suffering convulsions and was reported as dead within minutes. Scene investigation revealed
 dry ice in the container.
 Autopsy findings were unremarkable. The probable cause of the convulsions was carbon dioxide
intoxication due to both the dry ice sublimation and the small confined space in which he was hiding.
This report emphasizes the significance of scene investigationin establishing the cause of the death.
KEYWORDS: forensic science, forensic toxicology, medicolegal autopsy, scene investigation, carbon
dioxide intoxication, confined space
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01057.x/pdf

Missing Mom Vilet Torrez's Brother Says He Suspects His Sister's Estranged Husband (EXCLUSIVE)
First Posted: 04/27/2012 2:58 pm Updated: 04/28/2012 1:43 pm
 ::snipping2::
The brother of Vilet Patricia Torrez, a Florida mother of three who has been missing for four
weeks, said he believes his sister's estranged husband is involved in her disappearance
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It is unknown if police have searched Cid Torrez's place of business. According to Blanco,
he is manager of the Dania Beach branch of Continental Carbonic Products, Inc. According
 to the company's website, they specialize in manufacturing and distributing dry ice and liquid
carbon dioxide. The company services a variety of industries, including meat and poultry
 packing, industrial cleaning, and blood and plasma services
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/27/vilet-patricia-torrez_n_1459678.html?ref=topbar


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on June 15, 2012, 11:47:21 AM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Nonprofit-Search-Group-to-Work-Miramar-Missing-Mom-Case-158891145.html
Nonprofit Search Group to Work Miramar Missing Mom Case
(http://EquuSearch will work with local authorities to search for a missing Miramar mom)
June 13, 2012

A well-known nonprofit search organization will be working the case of missing Miramar mom Vilet Torrez, family members said.

Texas EquuSearch, a volunteer and donation based group, will be working with local law enforcement officials who have been searching for Torrez for more than two months.

The 38-year-old, a mother of three, was reported missing by her estranged husband, Cid Torrez, early in April. Authorities suspect foul play and named Cid Torrez a person of interest, though he has said he did not see or have contact with his wife on the early morning she disappeared.
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Videos and Photos at Link


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on June 15, 2012, 11:48:10 AM
http://texasequusearch.org/2012/06/missing-vilet-torrez-38-yrs-miramar-fl-033012/
Missing: Vilet Torrez, 38 Yrs., Miramar, FL, 03/30/12
Posted on 14. Jun, 2012 by smckinney in Active Cases, Featured Articles, Missing Persons

06/12/12 — Vilet Torrez, age 38, was last seen on March 30, 2012 in Miramar, FL.
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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on June 19, 2012, 09:31:18 PM
http://www.examiner.com/article/family-of-missing-vilet-torrez-appear-on-geraldo
Family of missing Vilet Torrez appear on Geraldo
June 18, 2012

The family of missing Vilet Torrez appeared on the Geraldo at Large show hosted by Geraldo Rivera on Sunday night for an exclusive interview.  The show got very heated between Vilet's brother and sister-in-law and Vilet's estranged husbands' attorney.

Vilet Torrez, from Miramar, Florida was last seen Friday, March 30, 2012.
More...

Watch the video with the full interview on the left (at link).


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on June 19, 2012, 09:33:45 PM
http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21007775163882/missing-woman-s-family-appears-on-national-tv/
Missing woman's family appears on national TV
June 18, 2012

MIRAMAR, Fla. (WSVN) -- The case of a local woman who has been missing for months is now getting national attention.

Vilet Torrez has been missing since March, and authorities suspect foul play in the case.

Since Vilet's disappearance, authorities have named her estranged husband, Cid Torrez, a person of interest in the case.

FOX investigative reporter Geraldo Rivera has taken an interest in the case and recently spoke to Vilet's brother and sister-in-law on his show, "Geraldo At Large."

While on the show, Vilet's brother, Javier Blanco, said, "I believe he had something to do with this because their relationship hasn't been a dream relationship. Throughout their marriage of 20 years, there's been turmoil. There's been us advising her to leave him."

Geraldo played the 911 call Cid Torrez made days after his estranged wife's disappearance, and emphasized a potentially incriminating statement Torrez made during the call. "Sunday, I definitely did it, so," Torrez told the dispatcher.
More...


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on July 29, 2012, 07:36:35 AM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Miramar-Police-Divers-in-Vilet-Torrez-Case-Have-Difficult-Task-164077436.html


Miramar Police Divers in Vilet Torrez Case Have Difficult Task
The team has a vast amount of water to cover
By Willard Shepard
|  Friday, Jul 27, 2012  |  Updated 7:24 PM EDT

For weeks now a team of six Miramar Police divers has been on a search to either find missing Miramar mom Vilet Torrez or get a clue to solve the mystery of her disappearance.

The team’s members have a vast amount of water to cover. In Miramar there are almost 100 lakes and canals they have been trying to investigate.

“It’s like a needle in a haystack,” said one of the Miramar Police divers, Sgt. Cesar Andina.

On Friday afternoon, the divers showed NBC 6 some of the challenges they face as they searched the murky waters of a lake off of Miramar Parkway west of I-75.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: MuffyBee on July 29, 2012, 08:39:29 AM
Thank you for the update Sharon.  Despite the odds, I hope Vilet Torrez can be found. 


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: Sister on July 29, 2012, 08:50:11 AM
Thank you for the update Sharon.  Despite the odds, I hope Vilet Torrez can be found. 
I've been to Miramar.  Lots and lots of water and canals and very deep ditches.


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL missing since 3/31/12
Post by: sharon on August 11, 2012, 07:51:04 AM
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-08-10/news/fl-vilet-torrez-billboards-20120810_1_billboards-vilet-torrez-electronic-signs

Billboards bring attention to Vilet Torrez disappearance


One of the billboards addressing the disappearance of Vilet Torrez. (Vilet Torrez's family. )
August 10, 2012|By Juan Ortega, Sun Sentinel

South Florida billboards are bringing fresh attention to the unsolved disappearance of a Miramar mother of three.

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Title: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: sharon on November 22, 2012, 07:39:49 AM
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/21/3108718/husband-arrested-in-estranged.html

Posted on Wednesday, 11.21.12 ::rhino::

Husband arrested in estranged wife’s March disappearance


CBS 4

Police arrested a Miramar man Wednesday night in connection with the disappearance of his estranged wife.

Cid Torrez’s wife, Vilet, has been missing since late March. Early in the investigation, he was considered by police to be a person of interest. The couple was said to be having problems at the time of her disappearance.

For months, investigators searched canals and lakes around Miramar, but turned up nothing. Police said they suspected foul play.

“It’s a mixture of shock and ‘Oh my goodness, finally,’ ” said Vilet Torrez’s sister-in-law, Julie Spurlock Blanco, upon learning of the arrest. “Maybe we can start to get the closure that we need.”

Richard Della Ferra, Cid Torrez’s attorney, said he had his doubts about the validity of the arrest, calling the timing “suspicious” and saying it was a “publicity stunt.”

Surveillance video from the Torrezes’ housing complex shows that on the morning she disappeared, March 31, her minivan entered the community through the visitor entrance after having trouble passing through the gate on the residents’ side.

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Cid Torrez has maintained his innocence and, until his arrest, he had custody of the couple’s three children. The children are now in the care of his wife’s family.



Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: Nut44x4 on November 22, 2012, 03:59:03 PM
Well, well, well...


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: sharon on November 23, 2012, 07:23:21 AM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Man-Charged-With-Killing-Wife-Vilet-Torrez-Held-Without-Bond-Officials-180506821.html

Man Charged With Killing Miramar Wife Vilet Torrez Held Without Bond: Officials
Prosecutors said he committed the premeditated murder March 31.

By Karen Franklin
Thursday, Nov 22, 2012  |  Updated 12:35 PM ES

The husband of missing Miramar mother Vilet Torrez was held in jail without bond Thursday morning following his arrest for first-degree murder, according to officials.

Cid Torrez, 39, was arrested Wednesday at his parents' Miami Lakes home, Miramar Police told NBC 6 South Florida. In a warrant for his arrest, prosecutors said he committed the premeditated murder March 31.

Police said the arrest was the result of a "meticulous" investigation that lasted over seven months.

"I don't think that there was one piece of evidence that really put him behind bars, it was a variety of things," officer Tania Rues said at a press conference Wednesday.

Still, authorities said, no body has been found.

"I just want him to talk. I just want my mother to know where she is," Vilet Torrez's sister Nayiva Blanco said Wednesday night.

Richard Della Fera, attorney for Cid Torrez, spoke with NBC 6 South Florida in court Thursday morning and said he believes the timing of the arrest was for publicity purposes.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: sharon on November 28, 2012, 08:55:43 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Dependency-Hearing-for-Children-of-Missing-Miramar-Mother-181195111.html

Dependency Hearing for Children of Missing Miramar Mother
Children in disappearance/murder case subject of hearing


By Diana Gonzalez and Brian Hamacher
Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012  |  Updated 6:27 PM EST

The Miramar man charged in the murder of his wife won't be allowed to have contact with his children until the criminal investigation is complete, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Cid Torrez wore handcuffs and a jail outfit to a dependency hearing for his three children, where Judge Hope Bristol handed down the order.

The children will remain in the custody of the childrens' maternal grandparents, Bristol ruled. The next hearing date was set for Dec. 13.

Torrez, 39, was arrested Nov. 21 and charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Vilet, who went missing in late March. He is being held without bond.

In the warrant for his arrest, police say Cid Torrez killed Vilet on March 31. Vilet Torrez's body has never been found despite an extensive, months-long search.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: Northern Rose on November 29, 2012, 11:30:17 AM
Vilet Torrez's Children To Remain With Her Parents
 11/29/2012 11:11 am EST

Shackled at his wrists and ankles, the man charged with killing his missing wife kept his head bowed and stared straight ahead as a judge Wednesday formally removed his three children from his care.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/vilet-torrez-missing-children-custody_n_2208628.html


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: sharon on December 07, 2012, 06:20:11 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/New-Details-in-Vilet-Torrez-Murder-Case-Husband-Indicted-182545941.html


New Details in Vilet Torrez Murder Case; Husband Indicted
Cid Lenin Torrez, 39, allegedly told a friend that if he couldn’t have his wife, Vilet Torrez, nobody could, according to an arrest warrant

By Diana Gonzalez and Juan Ortega
Friday, Dec 7, 2012  |  Updated 5:25 PM EST

A missing Miramar woman’s estranged husband made several disturbing comments months before her disappearance, including a prediction that his wife would die if she ever left him, according to an arrest warrant.

Cid Lenin Torrez, 39, allegedly told a friend that if he couldn’t have his wife, Vilet Torrez, nobody could, the warrant said. He also allegedly said that if Vilet Torrez wasn’t with him, “she’s dead,” the warrant said.

The arrest warrant was released by Miramar police on Friday, a day after Cid Torrez was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in his wife’s death. A Broward County grand jury indicted Torrez, even though no body has been found.
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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: sharon on December 08, 2012, 09:01:43 AM
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/12/07/3128154/mssh-grad-cid-torrez-charged-with.html#storylink=misearch

Posted on Friday, 12.07.12

MSSH grad Cid Torrez charged with wife's murder

By ANGIE AGUILA/Gazette Writer
River Cities Gazette

     Ex-Golden Hawk Cid Torrez has been arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, Vilet Torrez, who also was a graduate of Miami Springs Senior High. Tragically, the search and hope to find the missing mother of three still alive has turned into a search for her body.

    Cid Torrez, 39, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder on Nov. 21 at his parents’ home in Miami Lakes. In the warrant for his arrest, police say Cid Torrez killed Vilet on March 31 and is being held without bond.

    The news broke on the eve of Thanksgiving Day. Since then, there has been a buzz among Miami Springs Senior High School alumni on popular social networking sites. The news has been hard for family and friends of Vilet (Blanco) Torrez. Vilet and her sister, Nayiva Blanco, were both Golden Girls at Miami Springs Senior High School in the ’90s. Cid Torrez also was a Golden Hawk in the ’90s.

    This past Thursday, Dec. 6 a Broward County Grand Jury heard eight hours of testimony and quickly returned an indictment meaning Torrez will stand trial for murder.

    Vilet Torrez was living in Miramar at the time of her disappearance. Police say the last time anyone saw her alive was on Friday, March 30. Cid Torrez was watching their three children that weekend. Surveillance video shows Vilet driving through the gates of the Harbour Lake Townhomes at 5:17 a.m. Miramar police believe her husband was inside their residence with the children. Video cameras did not record her minivan leaving the gated community.

    Her car was found in the parking lot of her apartment complex. Cid Torrez reported her missing on Monday, April 2, three days after she was last seen. Despite many months of searching, Vilet’s body has never been found.

    Circuit Judge Hope Bristol of the Juvenile Dependency Division ruled that the three children, ages 5 to 13, will remain in the care of their maternal grandparents. Cid Torrez won’t be allowed to have any contact with the children until the criminal investigation is complete.

    “The children are doing great,” said Nayiva Blanco, Vilet’s younger sister. “We are hoping and praying that authorities can realize that the children are in the safest place right now. Our main goal is to provide them with the emotional stability that they have been lacking all this time. We love and care for them just as my sister wanted it.”

    Cid Torrez, through his attorney, asked the judge to place the children with his parents. Judge Bristol ordered the State Department of Children and Families to do a home study of Torrez’s parents household. “The goal is to do what is in the best interests of the children,” said Paige Patterson-Hughes, a DCF spokeswoman.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: sharon on December 13, 2012, 04:18:05 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Cid-Torrez-Due-in-Court-Thursday-for-Hearing-in-Missing-Miramar-Mother-Case-183334891.html


Cid Torrez Enters Not Guilty Plea in Missing Miramar Mother Case

Hearing Thursday for husband charged with killing missing wife

By Brian Hamacher
Thursday, Dec 13, 2012  |  Updated 9:02 AM EST

The Miramar man charged in the murder of his missing wife entered a not guilty plea during a Thursday morning hearing.

Cid Torrez, 39, was arrested last month on a first-degree murder charge in the death of his wife, Vilet Torrez, who disappeared in late March. He was indicted last week by a Broward County grand jury, even though her body has never been found despite an extensive, months-long search.

Torrez didn't appear in person at Thursday's hearing but submitted a written plea of not guilty.

Richard Della Fera, Cid Torrez's attorney, has maintained his client's innocence and called the timing of his arrest, the day before Thanksgiving, "very suspect."

According to an arrest warrant released by Miramar Police last week, Torrez, who was estranged from his wife, made several disturbing comments months before her disappearance, including a prediction that his wife would die if she ever left him.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: sharon on December 16, 2012, 08:48:08 AM
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/fl-torrez-ramsammy-similarities-20121216,0,1542879.story

Torrez case reminiscent of overturned missing-wife murder case


By Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel

December 16, 2012

It's hard to prove a murder without a body.

That point was driven home to Broward prosecutors when a state appellate court threw out a Pembroke Pines man's second-degree murder conviction in 2010, saying there wasn't enough evidence to prove Naraine "Cyril" Ramsammy was responsible for the death of his missing wife, Annette Rabino.

Two and a half years into his life sentence, Ramsammy, then 58, was released from a state prison in the Panhandle.

The Broward State Attorney's Office now has a strikingly similar case on its hands.

A Broward County grand jury on Dec. 6 indicted Cid Torrez on a first-degree murder charge in the death of his missing wife, Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38. The Miramar mother of three has not been seen since late March.

"We've certainly not forgotten Ramsammy," said Torrez's prosecutor, Brian Cavanagh. "We're proceeding with the analysis that there's more here than in Ramsammy."

So much so, Cavanagh said, that his office will likely pursue the death penalty against Torrez, 39.

"I expect that we will be filing that notice," he said.

With the Torrez case, as with Ramsammy, there is no body, the wife disappeared without a trace amid allegations of infidelity and lethal threats, and the couple's child gave a hazy account of a troubling final squabble between mother and father.

In the Ramsammy trial, veteran prosecutor David Frankel meticulously connected the dots of the purely circumstantial case and secured a jury conviction.

"By the time closing arguments were done, there was no doubt in anyone's mind that he had done it," said Frankel, who now practices privately.

But it wasn't enough to satisfy the 4th District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach.

The divided court ruled 2-1 that despite "troubling suspicions," Ramsammy's conviction could not be based upon "the 'pyramiding' of rank assumptions and inferences."

"We are confronted with a case where the victim's body has not been recovered, no evidence of the manner of death was presented, no physical evidence like blood, DNA, or any other type of forensics was found, no confession to homicide was made, and no witnesses to the crime testified," judges Spencer Levine and Dorian Damoorgian wrote.

Because of the Ramsammy decision, the Torrez case should be "very challenging" for prosecutors to prove, said David Bogenschutz, the defense attorney who handled Ramsammy's appeal.

"That's the law of the district," Bogenschutz said. "If I were defending [the Torrez] case, Ramsammy would be my template."

Proving a death without a body -- much less a murder -- to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt is a tough task, Bogenschutz said.

"The evidence has got to be more than they disappeared, they weren't getting along very well, and they're guilty of murder," he said. "I just don't think that quantum leap can be made."

Torrez's arrest affidavit portrays him as an abusive and jealous estranged husband who had asked a friend about obtaining a gun, how to dispose of a body and said: "Either she's with me or she's dead."

It also says Vilet Torrez was last seen in person when she left a boyfriend and headed for her home, where her husband was with their children. Cid Torrez says she never arrived, but a surveillance video shows her arriving at their townhome community's gatehouse and their daughter says she awoke to hear her mother crying and a "howling" noise.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: sharon on February 02, 2013, 07:58:45 AM
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/26/3202276/the-missing-miramar-mom-a-tale.html#storylink=misearch

Posted on Saturday, 01.26.13

The missing Miramar mom: a tale of love, jealousy, mystery
The union of Cid and Vilet Torrez looked like a fairy tale. Behind closed doors, it wasn’t.

By Diana Moskovitz and Brenda Medina
dmoskovitz@MiamiHerald.com

It was Feb. 24, girls’ night out. Best friends Vilet Torrez and Clarissa Garcia went out to the Cheesecake Factory, where they ordered drinks and split a slice of cheesecake.

They laughed and chatted and caught up on the things best friends talk about over drinks and desserts: their families, their children, their marriages.

And, yet again, Garcia advised her friend she had to leave her husband.

She was tired of hearing the stories of how Cid Torrez beat her and then swore every time afterward he would never do it again. She was sick of seeing Vilet with bruises.

“What’s it gonna take? Your death? A casket?” Garcia asked.

“Oh, my good friend, he wouldn’t do that,” Torrez said.

Torrez went missing five weeks later.

Friends, family and former co-workers of Torrez all believe her husband, Cid, is behind her disappearance. Miramar police and prosecutors agreed and — despite the lack of a body, or an eyewitness, or a weapon — charged the 39-year-old with murder. Such murder charges don’t always stick, as evidenced by the just-completed murder trial of Geralyn Wilson, foster mother of Rilya Wilson. It was another case of no body, no witnesses, no murder weapon. Geralyn Wilson was convicted of lesser charges.

Cid’s family expressed disbelief that he would harm, much less kill and dispose of, the mother of his three children, although they acknowledged the marriage had turned toxic.

Cid Torrez has pleaded not guilty and awaits trial in a Broward jail.

A NEW COUNTRY

Vilet’s disappearance — and presumed death — brought a sudden and nightmarish end to a life that, from the outside, looked like a South Florida variation of the American dream, the kind of success story that reaffirms the belief that anybody with enough determination can flourish in the United States.

Born Vilet Blanco, she came with her family from Nicaragua to Hialeah when she was 15. None of them spoke English. Vilet learned the language at warp speed and excelled enough at Miami Springs Senior High School to get several college scholarships.

Vilet and Cid, also from Nicaragua, started going out during her junior year of high school and never stopped, except for a brief college breakup.

From that point on, Vilet’s world was Cid.

THE MOTHER

Vilet Torrez graduated from the University of Miami in 1997, with a major in advertising, got a job and, a year later, married Cid — on Aug. 8, 1998. It was a small ceremony in Hialeah. The honeymoon was quick, since Cid was being deployed in a matter of days for a tour that would take him to Japan, Guam, Indonesia and Australia.

Weeks later, Vilet learned she was pregnant.

When Cid came back to the United States, he was sent to North Carolina, joined by his wife and their first-born, a daughter also named Vilet.

In about a year, Cid had left the Marines and they were back in South Florida, living in the Blanco family home in Hialeah.

They fought frequently, Vilet’s family recalled, and Cid sometimes ended up sleeping in the car. But Vilet had seen her parents separation when she was a child and was determined not to do the same.

“I am not going to let him go like you did with my dad,” Vilet told her mother, Gladys Blanco.

THE COWORKER

Upon the family’s return, the boyfriend of Vilet’s sister Nayiva helped Vilet get a job where he had worked. Soon he started telling Nayiva stories he was hearing from former coworkers about how Cid would show up at work, unannounced, just checking in on his wife.
 When Vilet took up selling insurance and other financial products with Primerica on the side, Cid got himself licensed to do the same, at the same company, said Manny Menendez, who worked with her there.

“She was my top person on my team for a long time,” Menendez said. As for Cid, he never made a sale.

When Cid wasn’t around, his wife opened up about life at home with him.

“Before, it was he treated her bad. And then it was he hit her. And then it was he choked me a couple times. And then I hear the stuff she told her other friends that was even worse,” Menendez said. “I talked to her a week before she disappeared. I told her to divorce him. I said ‘This isn’t gonna turn out good for you.’ ”

THE BEST FRIEND

In March 2002, the Torrezes bought a home — a yellow, two-story townhouse on a quiet street in Miramar’s Harbour Lakes Estates community.

There were parks nearby, other young families around them and plenty of shopping and good schools within a short drive.

Cid started a trucking business, first called White Towers Investments, later Elite Carriers. Cid did the driving, her family said, and Vilet acted as bookkeeper, contract handler and even helped with directions, her sister said.

The company had one or two trucks. They got work by going out for bids on websites that connect carriers with shippers and later picked up more work through referrals, Cid’s brother Douglas said.

As the business continued, their family grew. Little Vilet gained a brother, named Cid. And Vilet befriended another neighborhood mom, Clarissa Garcia.

Garcia, a registered nurse for more than two decades, knew her best friend was an abused woman. She recognized the black eyes, bruises and excuses. But no matter what Garcia said, Vilet Torrez couldn’t break free from her husband.

“I told her, let’s go downtown and get you a restraining order. Let’s call in a police report,” Garcia said. “But it was always ‘no, he’ll get angrier’ or ‘he loves me’ or ‘I’m his only family.’”

Douglas Torrez refuses to believe that his sister-in-law would allow herself to be hit and never call the cops or tell either family about it.

“She was always outspoken and said what was on her mind,” he said.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: sharon on February 13, 2013, 08:14:48 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Prosecutors-Release-Hundreds-of-Pages-of-Documents-in-Cid-Torrez-Case-190945891.html


Prosecutors Release Hundreds of Pages of Documents in Cid Torrez Case
A Lehigh Acres Realtor told police about her recent relationship with Torrez, who faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of his wife

By Diana Gonzalez
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013  |  Updated 12:51 AM EST

More than 400 pages of new documents have been released by the Broward State Attorney's Office related to its case against Cid Torrez.

He was arrested in November on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Vilet Torrez, and has pleaded not guilty.

A month earlier, Cid Torrez started a relationship with another woman, according to a statement included in the just-released documents.

Daviana Fry, a Lehigh Acres Realtor, told police she met Torrez at a Halloween party.
Afterward, she told police, they were kissing and touching outside a hotel. His three children were waiting in his car.

He paid her a visit a week later, "and uh, we uh, we were sitting and talking and, and he said, you know my wife, my wife is missing, you know she, she is um disappeared," Fry recalled in her statement.

Vilet Torrez disappeared in late March, and her body has never been found.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: MuffyBee on March 01, 2013, 07:43:30 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Crime-Scene-Photos-Released-in-Missing-Miramar-Mother-Case-192247831.html
Crime Scene Photos Released in Missing Miramar Mother Case
Brother says evidence released Wednesday shows Vilet Torrez killed by husband Cid

February 21, 2013

A mountain of evidence has been released in the high-profile case of missing Miramar mother Vilet Torrez.

Cid Torrez is accused of murdering his estranged wife, and prosecutors continue to build their case against their suspect, who has pleaded not guilty.

On Wednesday, prosecutors released hundreds of pictures of the crime scene, Vilet Torrez's Miramar townhouse. Pictures of everything from the inside of the house to the family’s vehicles were released. Some of the photos included dark spots inside Cid Torrez’s Jaguar.
 ::snipping2::
Video at Link


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: MuffyBee on March 01, 2013, 07:44:59 PM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Video-of-Missing-Miramar-Mothers-Townhouse-Latest-Evidence-Released-in-Case-192413131.html
Video of Missing Miramar Mother's Townhouse Latest Evidence Released in Case
Investigators recorded video inside and outside Vilet Torrez's home

February 21, 2013

Authorities on Thursday released video investigators recorded of the inside of Vilet Torrez's home in Miramar – the latest evidence in the high-profile case of the mother who vanished last March.

Investigators did a walk-through, recording video of everything from the kitchen to the bedrooms.

In the days after her disappearance, Cid Torrez cried in front of reporters, pleading for his estranged wife to come home.

Months later, police arrested Cid Torrez and charged him with Vilet Torrez’s murder. He has pleaded not guilty, and his attorney Richard Della Fera continues to maintain his client’s innocence.
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Photos & Video at Link


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: Nut44x4 on June 27, 2016, 01:49:14 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/florida-husband-bugged-wife-phone-murder-report-article-1.1898095

Florida husband bugged wife’s phone before murder: report VIDEO
Saturday, August 9, 2014

First he bugged her phone, and then he killed her.
 
Those are the new charges against a Florida man accused of slaying his wife and hiding her body.
 
Cid Torrez, 41, secretly installed spyware on his wife’s cell phone that allowed him to track her emails, phone calls, text messages and even her movements, the Sun Sentinel reported.

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Torrez suspected his wife was cheating on him, according to police reports reviewed by the Sun Sentinel.
 
The jealous husband installed tracking software called MobiStealth on her work cell phone in Aug. 2011, and used it for months to stalk the mother of his three children, the report said.
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He even bragged about the twisted surveillance to a business associate — telling the client that’s how he knew she was cheating, authorities said.
 
Police later found connections to the surveillance service on Torrez’s computer under the file name “Devildog,” the report said.
 
The couple’s daughter claimed she heard “howling” and “crying” the night Vilet Torrez disappeared, CBS Miami reported.
 
The girl later heard her father saying “No you wake up,” the station reported.
 
A Broward County grand jury indicted Torrez in December, 2012 on charges of first-degree murder.
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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: Nut44x4 on June 27, 2016, 01:51:00 PM
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/21/3108718/husband-arrested-in-estranged.html

Posted on Wednesday, 11.21.12 ::rhino::

Husband arrested in estranged wife’s March disappearance


CBS 4

Police arrested a Miramar man Wednesday night in connection with the disappearance of his estranged wife.

Cid Torrez’s wife, Vilet, has been missing since late March. Early in the investigation, he was considered by police to be a person of interest. The couple was said to be having problems at the time of her disappearance.

For months, investigators searched canals and lakes around Miramar, but turned up nothing. Police said they suspected foul play.

“It’s a mixture of shock and ‘Oh my goodness, finally,’ ” said Vilet Torrez’s sister-in-law, Julie Spurlock Blanco, upon learning of the arrest. “Maybe we can start to get the closure that we need.”

Richard Della Ferra, Cid Torrez’s attorney, said he had his doubts about the validity of the arrest, calling the timing “suspicious” and saying it was a “publicity stunt.”

Surveillance video from the Torrezes’ housing complex shows that on the morning she disappeared, March 31, her minivan entered the community through the visitor entrance after having trouble passing through the gate on the residents’ side.

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Cid Torrez has maintained his innocence and, until his arrest, he had custody of the couple’s three children. The children are now in the care of his wife’s family.



I can find no info of a Trial yet.


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: Nut44x4 on April 24, 2017, 10:26:48 AM
Cid Torrez, already awaiting trial for the murder of his wife Vilet Torrez, faces new charges of bugging the mother of children’s phone.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/florida-husband-bugged-wife-phone-murder-report-article-1.1898095
August 9, 2014
First he bugged her phone, and then he killed her.

 Those are the new charges against a Florida man accused of slaying his wife and hiding her body.

 Cid Torrez, 41, secretly installed spyware on his wife’s cell phone that allowed him to track her emails, phone calls, text messages and even her movements, the Sun Sentinel reported.

 ::snipping3::
A Broward County grand jury indicted Torrez in December, 2012 on charges of first-degree murder.

**********still awaiting trial? /no further updates that I can find.


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: MuffyBee on July 25, 2017, 06:17:46 AM
http://wsvn.com/news/local/trial-begins-for-south-florida-man-accused-of-murdering-wife/
Trial begins for South Florida man accused of murdering wife
July 6, 2017



FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - The trial has begun for a South Florida man charged with murdering his wife.

Thirty-eight-year-old Vilet Torrez was last seen going into her Miramar town home on March 31, 2012, at 5:16 a.m., and she hasn’t been seen since.

Police arrested her husband, 43-year-old Cid Torrez, and charged him with her murder, despite not having found her body.

“She has not been heard from, seen from, nobody has received a text from her, received a greeting card from her,” said prosecutor Lanie Bandell during her opening statements, Thursday afternoon.

Prosecutors said Vilet’s estranged husband was supposed to be taking their children to Orlando but instead was at the residence. The front door latch was locked, so she called him.

“There were three calls from Vilet at 5:19 a.m., which is consistent with her coming through the gate at 5:16 a.m.,” said Bandell. “The latch was on. She was let in.”

Prosecutors said Vilet’s 12-year-old daughter heard what she believed was her mother’s voice. “What she describes as, in the middle of the night, she recognizes and will testify that she heard the defendant’s voice, and she heard what she calls a howl or a cry,” Bandell.

Prosecutors said the daughter heard her father crying along with a repeated phrase. “‘You wake up! You wake up!’ Over and over,” said Bandell.

Cadaver dogs detected human decomposition near the front door of the town home and near Cid’s car.

However, his attorney, Richard Della Ferra, said there are crucial pieces of evidence missing from the prosecution’s case against his client. “No evidence of Vilet Torrez’s deceased body. There is no body. There is no murder weapon.”

But prosecutors said Cid’s cellphone pinged in a remote area, possibly the Everglades. They believe that’s where he dumped the body.

Prosecutors also showed photos from inside Cid’s car, where they found rubber gloves and rolls of tape. They also showed a bloody towel found inside the home, but prosecutors have not yet tied the blood in it to the victim or the defendant.

Prosecutors also showed a tire from Cid’s car with damage consistent with the same damage found at the home on the front pavers.

Vilet’s father broke down in tears while taking the stand, when a prosecutor asked him when was the last time he saw his daughter.

“Vilet Torrez has not traveled since March 31, 2012. She has not been seen or heard from, and that’s because he murdered her and disposed of her body,” said Bandell.

There’s also evidence of a 911 call Cid made just a few days after Vilet was last seen, where he reported her missing and said, “I did it.”

But Della Ferra claimed he was under duress at the time and that the whole ordeal has been exaggerated. “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Cid Torrez did not murder Vilet Torrez,” he said.

According to family members, Cid was controlling and jealous, and Vilet was about to leave him. They said Vilet was afraid of her estranged husband, adding he had previously threatened her and even tried to choke her.

Cid apparently told people that if Vilet wasn’t with him, she wasn’t going to be with anyone. “[He allegedly said] ‘If she is not with me, she will be dead,'” said Bandell.

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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: MuffyBee on July 25, 2017, 06:19:42 AM
https://www.local10.com/news/crime/cid-torrez-monitored-wifes-cellphone-before-her-disappearance-prosecutors-say
Cid Torrez monitored wife's cellphone before her disappearance, prosecutors say
Software company rep. says Torrez paid for service months before wife's death

July 10, 2017

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Cid Torrez's murder trial continued Monday, where prosecutors accused him of monitoring his estranged wife's cellphone during the last few months before her disappearance.

Prosecutors said Cid Torrez paid for software that allowed him access to Vilet Torez's phone, so he could view her emails, text messages and call logs.

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There was even a live audio feature where he would be able to hear any and all conversations if his phone was near Vilet Torrez's phone, prosecutors said.

A representative from the software company testified Monday and said that Cid Torrez paid for the software in the months leading up to his wife's disappearance.

Another witness, who worked with Cid Torrez as his vendor, testified that the defendant told him that he found out his wife had moved on with another man through the tracking software.

Prosecutors said Cid Torrez was an obsessive estranged husband, consumed with her every movement before he killed her.

Miramar police said Vilet Torrez was last seen on surveillance video driving into her gated community sometime after 5 a.m. on March 31, 2012.

Detectives said cadaver dogs detected the odor of human remains in the trunk and backseat of Cid Torrez's car and at the couple's home.

But Vilet Torrez's body was never found.

The Torrez's eldest child, who is also the state's key witness, testified Friday that her father was at the home the last night her mother was seen alive
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Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: MuffyBee on July 25, 2017, 06:23:01 AM
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Verdict-Watch-in-Trial-Against-Miramar-Man-Charged-With-Killing-Wife-434376983.html
Verdict Watch in Trial Against Miramar Man Charged With Killing Wife
July 13, 2017

After deliberating the case for over three hours, the jury asked to be sent home Thursday in the murder case of Cid Torrez. He is charged with killing his estranged wife, Vilet, who mysteriously disappeared March 2012. The trial is expected to pick up Friday morning at the Broward County Courthouse.
Torrez was reserved as he watched prosecutors paint a picture that jealousy was the motive for Vilet’s disappearance.
"Cid Torres was jealous, possessive, manipulative," said Assistant State Attorney, Lanie Bandell. "And, what he did was that he took Vilet Patricia Torres, the mother of three young children, took her life because from his own words if couldn't have her, no one else will."
Five years ago, the Miramar couple's marriage was on the rocks when police believe she vanished in the early hours of March 31st of 2012.
 ::snipping3::
"There's no body here. There's no murder weapon here," said Defense Attorney Richard Della Fera, "Can you really convict a man of homicide beyond a reasonable doubt under these circumstances?"
Prosecutors presented evidence that cadaver dogs led investigators to Torrez's house and the trunk of his jaguar which they believe he used to dump Vilet in the Everglades. Traces of blood were also found on a towel in the home.

"The defense wants to argue that there's no murder weapon. Well, guess what the murder weapon are the hands of this man right here," said State Attorney Heather Henricksen.
Prosecutors also presented evidence that Torrez was tracking Vilet with spy software on her cellphone. They cited Sunpass records, surveillance footage and his own daughter's testimony to support their theory that he murdered the victim.
"She said, I heard my dad say no you wake up, you wake up five times," said Assistant State Attorney, Lanie Bandell.

The defense questioned the credibility of his daughter, who was 12 years old at the time. They only brought up Cid's brother, who testified that they had been drinking the night Vilet vanished without a trace.
The jury hadn’t reached a verdict on Thursday and will resume deliberating Friday. If convicted, on the first degree murder charge Torrez will be sentenced to life in prison.


Title: Re: Vilet Patricia Torrez, 38 - Miramar FL msg 3/31/12 (Hubby arrested)
Post by: MuffyBee on July 25, 2017, 06:31:43 AM
 ::justice2nj2::  GUILTY AS CHARGED
It obviously takes a lot more work to prosecute when the victims body can't be found, but it looks like they managed to do it.  That old thing about "no body, no case" isn't as much a thing anymore imo with new technology and careful police work.  Justice for Mrs. Torrez and her family. 


http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Cid-Torrez-Found-Guilty-in-2012-Murder-of-Missing-Wife-434517403.html
Cid Torrez Found Guilty in 2012 Murder of Missing Miramar Wife
July 14, 2017

A Miramar man whose estranged wife disappeared more than five years ago was found guilty of her murder Friday.
A Broward County jury found Cid Torrez guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Vilet, after hours of deliberation Thursday and Friday morning.
"We're obviously very disappointed in the verdict. We felt that the state did not have sufficient evidence to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt," defense attorney Richard Della Fera said. "Obviously the jury has ruled differently but Mr. Torrez has numerous avenues of appeal."
Torrez was reserved as he watched prosecutors paint a picture that jealousy was the motive for Vilet’s disappearance.
"Cid Torrez was jealous, possessive, and what he did was that he took Vilet Patricia Torrez, the mother of three young children, took her life because from his own words 'if couldn't have her, no one else will,'" assistant state attorney Lanie Bandell said.
Five years ago, the Miramar couple's marriage was on the rocks when police believe she vanished in the early hours of March 31st of 2012. Her body was never found.
Prosecutors presented evidence that cadaver dogs led investigators to Torrez's house and the trunk of his Jaguar which they believe he used to dump Vilet's body in the Everglades. Traces of blood were also found on a towel in the home.
Prosecutors also presented evidence that Torrez was tracking Vilet with spy software on her cellphone. They cited Sunpass records, surveillance footage and his own daughter's testimony to support their theory that he murdered the victim.
The defense questioned the credibility of his daughter, who was 12 years old at the time. They only brought up Cid's brother, who testified that they had been drinking the night Vilet vanished without a trace.
Torrez, 43, now faces 30 years to life in prison at sentencing, scheduled for September 1.