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« Reply #60 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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« Reply #61 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.

 

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.
 
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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« Reply #62 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

Husband arrested in estranged wife’s March disappearance


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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.
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« Reply #63 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.

 
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.
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« Reply #64 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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« Reply #65 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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« Reply #66 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.
 
"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.
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« Reply #67 on: July 25, 2017, 06:31:43 AM »

   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.
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