Deputy Accused Of Leaking Homicide Investigation Details To Victim's Husband

A Florida sheriff’s deputy was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of using law enforcement resources to obtain details regarding a woman’s homicide investigation and sharing them with the victim’s husband.

Orange County Deputy Francisco Alberto Estrella Chicon, 33, illegally disclosed details about the investigation into the murder of Katherine Altagracia Guerrero De Aguasvivas, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office alleged Monday.

Guerrero De Aguasvivas was kidnapped at gunpoint last week while on her way to see family,Lemma told reporters on Friday. A body believed to be hers was found inside a burning vehicle parked about 17 miles away from the place she was abducted.

Estrella, the Orange County deputy accused of sharing information about the case, had been communicating via WhatsApp with the victim’s husband and provided him with details about the Seminole County detective assigned to the investigation, according to a warrant obtained by HuffPost.

The victim’s husband handed over his cell phone to detectives as part of the investigation into his wife’s death, according to the warrant. While searching his phone, investigators found messages he and Estrella had sent to each other. Estrella had used his access to a law enforcement database to obtain personal information about the detective working the case, and had then sent that information to the husband, according to the warrant.

Estrella also allegedly sent the husband a video recording he’d secretly made of a conversation he had with the detective on the case.

“The act of sending these items to someone actively being sought for an interview and believed to be involved in the original crime clearly shows that Estrella had intent to obstruct this investigation, as there