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Missing Jessica Vargas Biatriz 
Jessica, approximately 2006; Age at the time of disappearance: -progression to Age at the time of disappearance: 15 (approximately 2017); Leticia Biatriz Martinez Date reported missing : 11/04/2006 Missing location (approx) : Sanford, Florida Missing classification : Family Abduction Gender : Female Ethnicity : Hispanic DOB : 04/17/2002 (19) Age at the time of disappearance: 4 years old Height / Weight : 3'4, 30 pounds Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos : Hispanic female. Black hair, brown eyes. Jessica speaks Spanish. Some Age at the time of disappearance: ncies refer to her as Jessica Vargas or Jessica Vargas Beatriz. Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : At the time of her abduction, Jessica resided with her father, Jesus Vargas, in the Tropicana Apartments complex on south Oak Avenue in Sanford, Florida. Her mother, Leticia Biatriz Martinez, had visitation. Martinez came to pick up her daughter at 10:00 p.m. on November 4, 2006. She was accompanied by several other men who threatened Vargas as he went outside and demanded that he give them his daughter. Vargas and three other men got into a fight with Martinez and her companions. Vargas and his friends were all were stabbed; one of them, Osman Javera Rivera-Alvardo, later died in the hospital. Rivera-Alvardo was Vargas's brother and Jessica's uncle. The abductors were able to take Jessica and ran away with her and Martinez. They fled in a white four-door compact car which may have had the license plate number 036 JPG. The child has not been seen since, but the abduction vehicle was later located in central Florida. Martinez had been living in an apartment complex on west 25th Street in Sanford at the time her daughter went missing; when authorities went there, it was vacant. Neither she nor her daughter has been seen since the abduction. Photographs of Martinez are posted with this case summary. Her DOB : is January 31, 1985, making her 21 years old at the time of Jessica's abduction. She's described as Hispanic, 5'2 and 125 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Martinez's name may be given as Leticia Martinez Beatriz or Leticia Beatrice-Martinez. Four days after Jessica's abduction, an arrest warrant was issued for Martinez. She is wanted for capital murder and home invasion robbery in connection with the abduction of her daughter and the murder of Rivera-Alvardo. Similar warrants have been issued for the brothers Felix A. Lugo and Wilrobert Lugo. Photographs of the Lugo brothers are unavailable. Felix is described as Hispanic, 6'4 tall and 170 pounds with black hair and brown eyes; he was 24 years old at the time. Wilrobert is Hispanic and 6'2 tall and 170 pounds and also has black hair and brown eyes; he was 17 years old. Each of the suspects remains at large. Martinez and Jessica may be in New York City, New York; Mexico; or California. The child is considered to be endangered due to the violent nature of her abduction. Her case remains unsolved. Other information and links : ncy Sanford Police Department 407-322-4141 September 2021 updates and sources The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Someone is Missing Florida Department of Law Enforcement The Orlando Sentinel WFTV 9 The Seminole Herald |