An adult man was found dead under suspicious circumstances near the dumpster area at Pacifico Apartments on Shenandoah Way in Orlando, and police have since arrested his girlfriend on a second-degree murder charge. Orlando police said officers responded to the scene around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, and homicide detectives opened an investigation that led, within two days, to an arrest.
Detectives identified and apprehended the victim’s girlfriend, 36-year-old Isidra Bautista Hernandez, as the suspect in the case, according to ClickOrlando. Hernandez was taken into custody without incident and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the man’s death, the outlet reported.
In a post on X, Orlando Police
said its homicide detectives worked to identify and locate the suspect after launching their investigation, and that the department’s TAC Unit took her into custody. Investigators also identified a potential crime scene at a separate location, and with help from OPD’s SWAT Team, executed a search warrant there, recovering evidence connected to the case, per the same account.
Investigation Remains Open as Victim’s Identity Withheld
The victim’s identity had not been released as of Wednesday, and the station’s report notes that no additional details were being released at that time. Police said the investigation remains ongoing.
ClickOrlando also reported that detectives identified both the victim and Hernandez as undocumented immigrants. No further detail on that finding was included in the outlet’s report.
Department Vows Continued Pursuit of Justice
In its statement, Orlando Police said the department is committed to thoroughly investigating violent crimes and apprehending those responsible, adding that officers and detectives will continue pursuing every lead to bring justice to victims and their families.
Under Florida law, second-degree murder is defined by Florida Statutes section 782.04 as an unlawful killing caused by an act imminently dangerous to another and evincing a depraved mind, without premeditation, and the statute classifies it as a first-degree felony. That describes the charge Hernandez now faces, not a finding about the specific facts of this case.
The Pacifico Apartments case comes months after a separate death investigation at another Orlando complex. On August 24, deputies found a man in his 40s dead with signs of trauma at the Citrus Oaks Apartments, according to Daily Florida Press. Authorities had not identified any suspects or announced arrests in that case, and had not linked it to other apartment-complex deaths in the area, the outlet reported.
