Girlfriend of man accused of murdering man in truck yard helped get rid of body, cops say
A woman who fled to Mexico after detectives say her boyfriend murdered a Hialeah man in August and stuffed his body into a recycling bin was arrested this week on charges of helping him get rid of the evidence.
Ariely Alvarez-Cabrera, 32, was booked into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Tuesday on charges of accessory after the fact and tampering with physical evidence. Detectives say her boyfriend, Alfredo Carballo Gonzalez, also 32, killed Daylon Fleitas Gonzalez on Aug. 3 in a Medley truck yard.
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Fleitas Gonzalez, who was 37, was found dead inside the blue county-issued recycling bin on Aug. 9 in the woods off Southwest 203rd Avenue in Miami-Dade County’s Redland agricultural district, detectives said in their probable cause arrest affidavit for Alvarez-Cabrera. His decomposing body had knife wounds to the face, neck and back, according to the report.
Fleitas Gonzalez’s girlfriend reported him missing to Hialeah police on Aug. 4. She hadn’t seen him since the day before when he left their home to meet Carballo Gonzalez in Medley around 1 p.m. Carballo Gonzalez said he was going to pay him the $10,000 he owed him, detectives say.
Fleitas Gonzalez told his girlfriend he’d be back in about an hour, but when he still wasn’t home at 3 p.m., she called his cell phone, which was turned off, according to the affidavit. She told detectives that was unusual.
She called Carballo Gonzalez the next day, and he told her Fleitas Gonzalez never showed up, detectives say. On Aug. 5, she got a text from a number she didn’t recognize. The person texting said he was Fleitas Gonzalez and that he was stopped by police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and that he was fleeing to Mexico, according to the affidavit.
She asked him several personal questions to verify it was really him, and the person on the other end deflected answering, detectives say.
Hialeah police obtained SunPass records from Fleitas Gonzalez’s Ford F250 pickup truck that showed the last toll he passed was on Aug. 3 around 6:15 p.m. near the Kendall Drive exit on Florida’s Turnpike, according to the report. Detectives saw the recycling bin in the bed of the truck, and the driver pictured by toll cameras did not match Fleitas Gonzalez’s description, detectives say.
At this point, the case was turned over to Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office detectives. Cell phone records showed Fleitas Gonzalez and Carballo Gonzalez were in Medley earlier that day, according to the report.
Victim’s truck found in field
On Aug. 8, a day before Fleitas Gonzalez’s body was found, a sheriff’s office helicopter crew spotted the pickup less than a mile away abandoned in tall sawgrass in a field near Southwest 227th Avenue and 260th Street, detectives say.
Detectives found blood stains on the front driver’s seat, as well as on the interior of the front driver’s side door, the affidavit states. Nearby, they found a backpack containing blood-soaked clothing and shoes.
Investigators then obtained security camera footage from the Medley truck yard at 9501 NW 106th St. that showed Carballo Gonzalez arrived there in a Tesla sedan at 11 a.m. the day of the murder. At 1:30 p.m., Fleitas Gonzalez arrived in his pickup, detectives say.
About an hour later, Fleitas Gonzalez is seen getting into the front seat of the pickup and Carballo Gonzalez in the backseat behind him, the report states. Moments later, the front door is seen flinging open “abruptly and forcefully,” and Carballo Gonzalez gets out of the truck through the driver’s side, detectives say.
The affidavit also states that Carballo is seen dragging Fleitas Gonzalez’s “lifeless and incapacitated” body outside the truck before putting it back inside after moving the vehicle to a parking space. He then parked his Tesla in front of the Ford to block views of passersby, according to the report.
Girlfriend arrives in red SUV: Cops
At 3:40 p.m., the truck yard camera footage showed a red Mitsubishi SUV arrive. Alvarez-Cabrera gets out of the car and greets Carballo Gonzalez, the report states. They both got into the Mitsubishi and left the property before returning five minutes later, detectives say.
The footage showed Carballo Gonzalez handling something in the back of the truck before getting inside and pulling out of the parking space, the report states. At this point, the recycling bin was in the bed of the truck, detectives say.
Detectives say the footage shows Alvarez-Cabrera cleaning the inside of Fleitas Gonzalez’s truck.
Around 5:30 p.m., Carballo Gonzalez drove off in the pickup with Alvarez-Cabrera following in the Mitsubishi, the report states. She returned to Medley at 9 p.m. to drop off Carballo Gonzalez, who picked up his Tesla, detectives say.
Detectives also said they viewed security camera footage from a house near Southwest 227th Avenue and 260th Street that showed the Mitsubishi and Ford driving near where deputies found the pickup abandoned.
Detectives also interviewed Fleitas Gonzalez’s brother who told them that on Aug. 4, the day after the murder, Carballo Gonzalez called him askinng where Fleitas Gonzalez was, saying he was supposed to meet him and give him money, according to the affidavit.
Fleitas Gonzalez’s brother asked him how much he owed his brother, and he told him $2,500, detectives say. His brother told him to pay it to him through a cash app, and he would make sure Fleitas Gonzalez got it. Carballo Gonzalez did on Aug. 7, and the brother showed detectives the receipt for the transaction, the affidavit states.
Fled to Mexico
Investigators say Alvarez Cabrera and Carballo Gonzalez fled to Mexico with their 5-month-old baby boy after Fleitas Gonzalez was murdered. Alvarez Cabrera was captured earlier this month and extradited to South Florida this week. The baby was also found alive and healthy, detectives say.
Carballo Gonzalez, however, remains at large.
Detectives ask anyone who has information on his whereabouts to call (305) 471-8477.
