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Florida investigators have recovered the body of a missing 35-year-old mom they allegedly found at the home of her estranged husband and her father-in-law.
Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson held a press conference Sunday, confirming to reporters Nicole Montalvo’s remains were found on Friday.
In custody are Christopher Otero-Rivera, 31, who was separated from Nicole, and 61-year-old Angel Luis Rivera, the husband’s father.
Both men were named as persons of interest on Friday, but it wasn’t until Sunday that they were charged with premeditated murder.
Gibson told the media Montalvo’s body was recovered from a St. Cloud property where both men were living.
That land had been searched two days earlier, with police finding no sign of Montalvo.
Montalvo’s family reported her missing after she failed to pick up her son from school on Tuesday.
Christopher Otero-Rivera.Osceola County Jail
They told police she was last seen heading out the door Monday evening, on her way to drop off her son off at Otero-Rivera’s residence.
During Sunday’s press conference, Gibson said the case had shifted from a missing persons case to a murder investigation.
A motive for the alleged murder has not been disclosed.
Angel Luis Rivera.Osceola County Jail
Gibson said investigators would exhaust all resources to uncover the truth.
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Otero-Rivera has yet to enter a plea to premeditated murder.
PEOPLE was not immediately able to reach attorneys for the suspects.
source: people.com
