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Father, 4-year-old son identified after deadly boating incident in Florida

Father, 4-year-old son identified after deadly boating incident in Florida
CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT, LEFT TWO PEOPLE DEAD, INVESTIGATORS PROMISING AN ALL OUT EFFORT TO FIGURE OUT WHY AND WORKING TO FIND OUT WHO’S INVOLVED. BOTH VICTIMS TARGETED ONE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, ONE IN ORANGE COUNTY, WITHOUT AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY AND POSSIBLY BY THE SAME PEOPLE. WESH 2’S DAVE MCDANIEL IS LIVE FOR US IN SEMINOLE COUNTY TO WALK US THROUGH THE LATEST DAVE. SO THE TIMELINE BASICALLY SHOWS THAT THE CARJACKING AND KIDNAPING CASE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY HAPPENED LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER AN ORANGE COUNTY SHOOTING DEATH IN SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY. THAT WAS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. DOZENS OF SHOTS FIRED IN THAT CASE, AND THERE ARE SUSPECTED CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEM BOTH. A THURSDAY AFTERNOON CARJACKING IN SEMINOLE COUNTY WITH WITNESSES HEARING SHOTS NEARLY TWO HOURS LATER AND LIKELY THE SAME SUV ON FIRE IN OSCEOLA COUNTY WITH A BODY INSIDE. LATE WEDNESDAY IN ORANGE COUNTY, A MAN SHOT AND KILLED. NOW, WE’RE TOLD THE GREEN ACURA IS SEEN IN SEMINOLE COUNTY WAS LIKELY ALSO AT THE ORANGE COUNTY MURDER SCENE. RARE TEN MILLIMETER ROUNDS, ALSO AT BOTH SCENES, IT MAKES A BETTER CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO CRIMES THAT BECAUSE OF THE RARENESS OF THE WEAPON AND THE ROUND, THAT IT’S LIKELY THAT THAT OUR BAD GUYS ARE THE SAME. BAD GUYS THAT COMMITTED THIS CRIME AT THE TOWING COMPANY OWNED BY 39 YEAR OLD JUAN GARCIA, THE MAN KILLED IN THE ORANGE COUNTY SHOOTING A MANAGER SAID IT’S TOUGH RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY’RE FOCUSING ON THEIR BUSINESS AND LETTING JUSTICE TAKE ITS COURSE. THE HUSBAND OF 31 YEAR OLD CATHERINE AGUAVIVA IS COOPERATING WITH SEMINOLE COUNTY INVESTIGATORS. I’VE DESCRIBED THE HUSBAND AS COOPERATIVE. UH UH, QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK HE KNOWS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT HE SHARED OBSTRUCTION OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. IN AN ADDED WRINKLE, 33 YEAR OLD FRANCISCO ESTRELLA AND ORANGE COUNTY DEPUTY AND MARRIED TO A FAMILY FRIEND OF AGUA VIVA, HIS HUSBAND NOW ARRESTED, IS THE STATE’S POSITION THAT THE DEFENDANT POSES A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. ESTRELLA ACCUSED OF RECORDING A CONVERSATION WITH A SEMINOLE COUNTY INVESTIGATORS SECRETLY, THEN SHARING IT WITH THE VICTIM’S HUSBAND. WE KNOW THAT THAT THIS DEPUTY RELAYED THIS INFORMATION TO THE DECEDENT’S HUSBAND, MIGUEL. UH, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE DON’T KNOW WHO ELSE HE MAY HAVE SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH. NOW, IN THE TWO CASES, WHILE A LOT HAS BEEN SHARED, THERE’S STILL A LOT WE DON’T KNOW. BOTH OF THE VICTIMS ARE BEING DESCRIBED AS BEING TARGETED, BUT NOBODY IS REALLY SAYING WHY THEY WERE TARGETED. AND ALSO THE SUSPECTS HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. BUT CLEARLY THOSE SUSPECTS ARE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. REPORTING LIVE IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, DAVE MCDANIEL, WESH TWO NEWS AND WESH TWO IS STAYING ON TOP OF ALL THE TWISTS AND TURNS IN THIS DEVELOPING STORY. WE’LL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST UPDATES ON AIR ONLINE AND OUR WESH TWO NEWS. MOBILE APP. NOW TO A TRAGIC STORY IN MARION COUNTY, WHERE A SANITATION WORKER WAS KILLED WHILE ON DUTY AFTER BEING HIT BY A GARBAGE TRUCKS TIRE. THIS HAPPENED AROUND NINE THIS MORNING. THE SPRUCE CREEK SUBDIVISION IN OCALA. THE 25 YEAR OLD MAN WAS LOADING GARBAGE INTO THE TRUCK WHEN HE WAS HIT BY THE TRUCK’S TIRE, AND THEN PASSED AWAY. THE INCIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. TODAY, WE’RE FINDING OUT NEW DETAILS AFTER A MAN WAS SHOT AT A DELTONA PARK. WESH PAMELA COMB GOT A HOLD OF THE COURT DOCUMENTS THAT REVEALED THIS SHOOTING WAS ALL OVER. A GIRL. ARE YOU MR. CASTILLO ORTIZ? YES, SIR. ON TUESDAY, 19 YEAR OLD JEREMY CASTILLO ORTIZ MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT. CASTILLO ORTIZ IS CHARGED WITH PRINCIPAL TO ATTEMPTED SECOND DEGREE MURDER AFTER DEPUTIES SAY HE WAS INVOLVED IN A FIGHT THAT LED TO A SHOOTING SUNDAY NIGHT AT MANNY RODRIGUEZ PARK IN DELTONA. TUESDAY IN COURT, ERTHE’S PUBLIC DEFENDER WAS ASKING THE JUDGE TO GRANT HIM BOND, BUT THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE WAS IN DISAGREEMENT. THERE IS A SAFETY RISK TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE VICTIM IN THIS CASE, GIVEN THE FACTS AS CONTAINED IN THESE 707, THIS ALL COMES AFTER DEPUTIES REVEAL THERE WAS A FIGHT AT THE PARK. ONE NEIGHBOR’S SURVEILLANCE CAMERA CAUGHT THIS. PEOPLE SCREAMING FOLLOWED BY RAPID FIRE IN DOCUMENTS WESH TO OBTAIN. WE LEARNED THIS WAS ALL OVER A FIGHT FOR A GIRL. AFTER SOME MESSAGES WERE EXCHANGED ON INSTAGRAM. HOW ARE WE SO SHORT TEMPERED THAT WE’RE NOT SOLVING ISSUES SOCIETALLY THROUGH CONVERSATION? RATHER THAN THIS SOMEWHERE? SOME SKILL SETS NOT GETTING TAUGHT OR IT’S GETTING FORGOTTEN, OR IT’S BEEN TOO PERMISSIVE. SO THAT’S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET BACK AND ADDRESS. DELTONA CITY COMMISSIONER DANA MCCOOL BELIEVES GUN SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT. I’M TRYING TO EDUCATE PARENTS, YOUNG ADULTS BETTER ON WHAT THE HAZARDS ARE. NOW. YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT’S IN THE HOSPITAL AND BAD CONDITION OVER A STUPID ARGUMENT. IT WAS REALLY OVER A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ARGUMENT. CASTILLO ORTIZ IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. REPORTING
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Father, 4-year-old son identified after deadly boating incident in Florida
ABOVE: A look at the top storiesThe Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has identified a man and a 4-year-old child who were found dead after a boating incident in Manatee County on Saturday.The FWC said it responded to a boating incident near the water treatment plant on Ward Lake in Manatee County Saturday. Initially, one person was found dead in the water near a boat. However, days later, a second body was found in the same area.Tuesday, the FWC identified the victims as Wayne Raber, 36, of Wilmot, Ohio, and his 4-year-old son, Josiah Raber.According to the victims’ family, the father and son were part-time residents of the Sarasota region and were about to head back to Ohio in the next few days.“All of the members of the FWC want to express their sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased,” the FWC said in a statement.Top headlines: Everything to know: Deadly Seminole carjacking linked to 2nd murder, deputy's arrest Sanitation worker dead after being struck by garbage truck tire in Marion County FHP: Central Florida woman dead after being pinned between car and tree

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has identified a man and a 4-year-old child who were found dead after a boating incident in Manatee County on Saturday.

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The FWC said it responded to a boating incident near the water treatment plant on Ward Lake in Manatee County Saturday.

Initially, one person was found dead in the water near a boat. However, days later, a second body was found in the same area.

Tuesday, the FWC identified the victims as Wayne Raber, 36, of Wilmot, Ohio, and his 4-year-old son, Josiah Raber.

According to the victims’ family, the father and son were part-time residents of the Sarasota region and were about to head back to Ohio in the next few days.

“All of the members of the FWC want to express their sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased,” the FWC said in a statement.

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