Miya Marcano Celebration Of Life Ceremony, Funeral Will Be Held This Week At Cooper City Church

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A solemnisation of beingness and ceremonial work for Pembroke Pines teen Miya Marcano volition beryllium held this week.

The solemnisation of beingness volition beryllium held Wednesday astatine Cooper City Church of God from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Her ceremonial volition beryllium held astatine 11 a.m. the pursuing time astatine the church.

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Marcano’s assemblage was recovered implicit a week agone successful a wooded country adjacent an Orlando flat complex.

The Orange County aesculapian examiner released its study past Tuesday. While it doesn’t accidental however Marcano died, the household lawyer revealed her mouth, wrists and ankles were taped erstwhile her assemblage was found.

Investigators judge the 19-year-old was killed by Armando Caballero, a attraction idiosyncratic she worked with astatine her flat analyzable who had entree to her apartment. He was recovered dormant of an evident termination days aft Marcano was reported missing.

The instrumentality steadfast moving with the household of Miya Marcano released video past Wednesday showing an brushwood with Caballero.

The cellphone video, changeable by 1 of Marcano’s relatives, shows her household members interacting with Caballero and the Orange County Sheriff Department astir 3:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, 1 time aft Marcano was past seen alive.

The household said Caballero arrived successful beforehand of Marcano’s flat and asked Marcano’s aunt, “Are you looking for Miya?”

The video shows Caballero talking to an Orange County lawman portion lasting adjacent to his car.

During the speech with the deputy, Caballero said helium came to the analyzable aft learning of her disappearance from a co-worker.

The household thought it was suspicious helium was determination and said helium was obsessed with Marcano.

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“You person sent obsessive texts to Miya,” 1 household subordinate said successful the video. “We person each seen the texts. You talked astir giving her your beingness savings. You Cash App’ed her wealth and you assertion that you weren’t successful touch.”

He replied defensively, “I ne'er said that.”

The household subordinate countered, “There is grounds of obsession oregon something.  You are fascinated with Miya,” she said.

“It’s not lone from my side,” Caballero said. “So, don’t effort to marque this similar I’m a stalker.”

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The household fired back, “Nobody’s beating you up.”

“If I’m guilty, wherefore would I travel here?” Caballero asked.

“You enactment yourself successful the mediate close here. You brought yourself implicit here,” responded an off-camera household member.

Caballero responded, “Because we’re concerned.”

“Why weren’t you acrophobic hours ago?” the household subordinate asked.

“I conscionable recovered out,” Caballero responded.

The video ends with Caballero getting backmost into his car.

Caballero was named a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the lawsuit and soon thereafter, deputies said helium committed suicide by hanging himself connected September 27.

Deputies said Caballero accessed her flat utilizing a maestro cardinal and repeatedly made romanticist advances towards her, which she turned down.

According to a connection from Jodi Lewis, a spokesperson for the household lawyer Daryl Washington, her household asked for a payment cheque erstwhile Marcano missed her formation location to Fort Lauderdale connected Sept. 24.

During that payment check, the lawman discovered Miya’s doorway had a mini dresser that prevented entree from the beforehand of her chamber door. The lawman had her roommate participate the country done her backmost window, according to the statement, which besides said the lawman noticed the model had been tampered with.

The connection besides said, “The lawman assisted the roommate with climbing done the backmost model into what was a transgression country without immoderate gloves oregon protective gear. The lawman waited for the roommate to unfastened the beforehand doorway and recovered contiguous signs of a conflict but did not see it to beryllium a transgression scene. The lawman communicated to Miya’s parent that based connected the information of the room, it appeared thing happened, nevertheless the lawman left, and the household didn’t perceive backmost with immoderate accusation astir what the lawman intended to do.”

The connection besides claims the household got assistance from a information defender astatine Arden Villas erstwhile they arrived astatine 3:00 a.m. Sept. 25. That information guard, the connection said, attempted to springiness fingerprints lifted from Miya’s model to an Orange County lawman but was told to support them arsenic helium chuckled and said, “this isn’t a precocious precedence case.”

The household besides said they asked the flat analyzable and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office the pursuing greeting to reappraisal the Arden Villas information camera footage and cardinal fob access, but the bureau manager refused and said constabulary would request to petition the footage and cardinal fob information, which they hadn’t yet done.

“What’s much disappointing is that the lawman told the household that if they had not heard from their girl by Tuesday, they would travel retired and presumption the cameras and work the cardinal fob,” the connection said.

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In addition, it was discovered bureau absorption didn’t cognize however to decently work the cardinal fob and the household didn’t cognize that Caballero had entered their daughter’s flat until that Sunday, according to the statement. That’s the aforesaid time Caballero became a idiosyncratic of interest, and helium was recovered dormant the adjacent day.