“No body, no crime.” I’m sure that’s a sentence that many of you have heard before. However, that a massive misconception. While pressing murder charges without a body is certainly much more difficult, murder can be established, even with the most significant piece of evidence missing. In Deltona, Florida, in 2013, a woman and her two children vanished, sparking one of the largest searches in Volusia County history.
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Audio Sources
“Deputies, family continue searching for Yessenia Suarez and children”
“Family of Yessenia Suarez makes plea to accused killer”
“Luis Toledo Trial Day 1 Part 1 Yessenia Suarez Mother Felicita Perez Testifies”
“Yessenia Suarez’s family speaks after court”
“Full interview: Yessenia Suarez’s family ‘frustrated'”
“Family of Yessenia Suarez receives degree on her behalf”
“Friends try to make sense of Yessenia Suarez’s death”
“Searchers hold vigil for missing Yessenia Suarez, children”
“Day two of the triple-murder trial of Luis Toledo: Toledo’s wife’s lover testifies”
“Audio: Missing mother spoke with police before vanishing”
“Raw video: Sheriff’s spokesman confirms mother, kids are dead”
“Luis Toledo sentenced to 3 consecutive life sentences for murder of wife, her children”
“Family: Missing mom, kids suspect “a monster””
“Missing Suarez Family: Who They Were”
“Luis Toledo 911 Call Made on October 22, 2013”
“Luis Toledo Trial Day 7 Part 2 Toledo Police Interview is Played”
Sources
ABC – 9 WFTV, 23 October, 2013 – “Search Underway for Missing, Endangered Deltona Mother, Children”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 23 October, 2013 – “Public’s Help Sought in Finding Missing Deltona Mom, Children”
Orlando Examiner, 23 October, 2013 – “Volusia Deputies Searching for Endangered Deltona Woman and Children”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 24 October, 2014 – “Missing Deltona Woman, Children Dead”
The Ledger, 24 October, 2013 – “Missing Deltona Mom, Children Dead”
News & Politics Examiner, 24 October, 2013 – “Missing Florida Mom and Two Children Confirmed Dead by Sheriff”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 25 October, 2013 – “Deputies Continue to Search for Bodies of Deltona Woman, 2 Kids”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 25 October, 2013 – “Husband Admitted to Killing Deltona Woman, Children”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 26 October, 2013 – “Husband of Missing Mother Attempts Suicide in Custody”
The Orlando Sentinel, 26 October, 2013 – “They Were Happy Family – Now Hunt Goes on for Bodies”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 27 October, 2013 – “Skeletal Remains Found in Sanford, Not Those of Missing Family”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 28 October, 2013 – “Deltona Woman’s Husband Arrested on Second-Degree Murder Charges”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 29 October, 2013 – “Deltona Man Charged After Admitting to Killing Wife”
The Orlando Sentinel, 29 October, 2013 – “Husband Charged with Murder”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 30 October, 2013 – “Family of Slain Deltona Wife, Children Renews Pleas”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 31 October, 2013 – “Police Release 911 Call that Prompted Search for Missing Mom, Kids”
The Orlando Sentinel, 31 October, 2013 – “Bodies of Mom, 2 Kids Are Likely Dear Deltona Home”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 1 November, 2013 – “Family Brings WFTC Along”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 3 November, 2013 – “Extensive Search Efforts for Murdered Mother, Children Halted”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 4 November, 2013 – “Stepfather Hopes to Meet with Man Accused of Killing Missing Deltona Woman”
The Orlando Sentinel, 5 November, 2013 – “Deltona Search Might Rely on Surveillance Video”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 9 November, 2013 – “Biological Father of Missing Deltona Children Talks to WFTV”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 11 November, 2013 – “Man Charged in Death of Missing Mother Agrees to Meet with Pastor”
The Orlando Sentinel, 22 November, 2013 – “Mother of Dead Deltona Woman Meets with Murder Suspect in Jail”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 17 December, 2013 – “Family to Hold Night to Remember for Missing Deltona Mom”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 21 December, 2013 – “Family, Friends Honor Missing Deltona Mother, 2 Children”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 16 January, 2014 – “Family Hopes for Death Penalty for Suspect”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 16 January, 2014 – “Luis Toledo Indicated in Murder of Deltona Wife, Her 2 Children”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 17 January, 2014 – “Deltons Man Officially Charged with Killing Step-Children”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 28 January, 2014 – “911 Call Released of Murder Suspect Confronting Wife Before Her Disappearance”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 31 January, 2014 – “Man Accused in Deaths of Missing Deltona Family Requests Jail Release”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 3 February, 2014 – “Judge Rejects Request to Move Luis Toledo from Jail”
The Daytona News-Journal, 5 February, 2014 – “Girl’s Blood Found in Luis Toledo’s Master Bathroom”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 6 February, 2014 – “No Dead Body? Murder Charges Go Forward in Uncommon Cases”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 17 February, 2014 – “Text Messages Reveal Possible Motive in Deltona Woman’s Presumed Killing”
The Daytona Beach Journal, 17 February, 2014 – “Suspect in Deltona Woman’s Murder Angered by affair With Co-Worker”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 18 February, 2014 – “Report Details Suicide Attempt by Deltona Murder Suspect”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 25 February, 2014 – “Investigation Into Delton Family Killings Also Targeted Luis Toledo’s Neighbour”
The Daytona News-Journal, 12 March, 2014 – “Leading Up to Killings, Mother Sent Frantic Texts to Luis Toledo”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 13 March, 2014 – “Delton’s Luis Toledo Once Top Latin King”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 31 March, 2014 – “State to Seek Death Penalty Against Luis Toledo”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 29 March, 2014 – “Dead Deltona Woman’s Mom Laments Her Daughter, Grandchildren Never Met Toledo”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 12 May, 2014 – “Luis Toledo Goes After Judge Margaret Hudson in Letter from Jail”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 25 May, 2014 – “Jailhouse Letters”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 17 August, 2014 – “Family, Friends Gather to Remember Missing Woman and Children”
ABC – 9 WTF, 22 October, 2014 – “Volusia Family Holds Vigil 1 Year After Mom, 2 Children Killed”
ABC – 9 WFTV, 17 February, 2015 – “Test Results Confirm Blood Soaked Gauze Contained DNA of Missing Deltona Boy”
The Daytona News-Journal, 31 March ,2015 – “Prosecutors Outline Reasons for Death Penalty”
The Daytona Beach-News Journal, 5 May, 2016 – “Suspect in Family’s Killings Luis Toledo Makes Possible Santeria Shrine”
The Daytona Beach-News Journal, 19 August, 2016 – “Luis Toledo’s Trial in 3 Deltona Killing Delayed Until Next Year”
The Daytona Beach-News Journal, 25 January, 2017 – “Proposal Could Resolve Key Death Penalty Issue”
The Daytona Beach-News Journal, 17 August, 2017 – “Inmate Claims Luis Toledo Confessed to Killing Deltona Family”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 12 October, 2017 – “Triple Murder Trial Begins”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 12 October, 2017 – “Ex-Lover Testifies About Final Conversation”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 13 October, 2017 – “Teen Neighbors of Luis Toledo Testify They Heard Yells for Help”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 16 October, 2017 – “Luis Toledo Seemed Frantic”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 17 October, 2017 – “Expert in Luis Toledo Deltona Triple-Murder Trial Testified DNA”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 19 October, 2017 – “She Died Looking at Me”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 1 November, 2017 – “Sentencing Phase”
The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 18 January, 2018 – “Luis Toledo on Life Prison Sentence”
