Update (Oct. 3, 2021): Police in Florida have found the body of Miya Marcano, a college student who went missing last week. According to The Daily Beast, the body of the 19-year-old Valencia College student was found Saturday in a wooded area at the Tymber Skan apartments in Orlando, about 20 miles from the complex where Marcano lived.

Just days prior, police found the body of a person of interest in the case, Armando Caballero, a maintenance worker who’s said to have made advances on the teen, which she rebuffed.

Marcano’s father, Marlon Marcano, wrote a heart-wrenching message on Instagram after police found his daughter’s body.

“My heart is broken!” he wrote. “I need it to be whole again. I must find you soon.”

Orange County Sheriff John Mina said hundreds of officers searched for the teen for days.

“Deputies were covered from head to toe in mud, searching so hard to find her, hoping for a better outcome,” Mina said. “Obviously this is not the update I wanted to give everyone today. Our hearts are broken.”

Police said they have strong evidence to believe Caballero killed the college student. Investigators suspect Caballero was “trying to throw authorities off the trail” before he took his own life.

According to police, he used his cellphone data to disguise his location. After looking at his phone records, authorities first focused their search on New Smyrna Beach, north of Orlando. Marcano was later found about 60 miles away.

Original (Sept. 29, 2021): Valencia College student Miya Marcano, 19, has been missing since Friday, and the person of interest in her disappearance has died from an apparent suicide, NBC News reports.

MIYA MARCANO UPDATE: Armando Manuel Caballero, 27, person of interest in Miya Marcano's disappearance was found dead today. It appears he killed himself. Miya is still missing. Anyone with info on Caballero or Miya should call OCSO at 407-836-4357 or @CrimelineFL at 800-423-8477. pic.twitter.com/WBukzi8QAJ

— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) September 27, 2021

In a press conference, Sheriff John Mina of the Orange County Sheriff's Office confirmed 27-year-old Armando Manuel Caballero was found dead at an apartment complex in Seminole County, according to WESH 2. After the body had been found, the sheriff confirmed Caballero had been "dead for quite some time."

Caballero worked maintenance at Arden Villas, an apartment complex where the 19-year-old lived, which is located minutes away from the University of Central Florida. She'd also been working in the complex's leasing office since June.

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