Luis Toledo, 31, was in custody at the Volusia County Sheriff's Office when he smashed a mirror with his head and slit his wrist with the shards. The violent felon is the sole 'person of interest' in the disappearance of spouse Yessenia Suarez and her children, Michael and Thalia Otto.
By Doyle Murphy / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, October 28, 2013, 8:03 AM
Volusia County Jail
Luis Toledo, 31, tried to commit suicide in a Florida jail days after
authorities busted him on a battery charge and revealed he was the sole
‘person of interest’ in the disappearance of his wife and two stepkids,
all of whom are confirmed dead.
A Florida man tried to kill himself in custody as investigators
continue to search for the bodies of his wife and her two kids,
authorities said.
Luis Toledo, 31, was talking to investigators on Saturday at the Volusia County Sheriff's Office when he asked to go to the bathroom. A deputy followed him, but Toledo blocked the door, smashed a mirror with his head and slit his wrist with the shards, a sheriff's spokesman said in a statement.
He was treated at a local hospital and returned to jail.
Luis Toledo is the sole “person of interest” in the disappearance of Yessenia Suarez and her two kids, 8-year-old Michael Otto and Thalia Otto, 9.
A sheriff’s spokesman told the Daily News that Toledo showed up at Suarez’s job on Tuesday and battered her.
He fled before local cops arrived, and Suarez disappeared shortly after.
Worried relatives asked sheriff’s deputies to check the couple’s home the next morning in Deltona, Fla., when Suarez didn’t answer her cellphone.
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The house was empty, but Toledo arrived with deputies still there. He
was taken into custody on a battery charge from the previous day’s
confrontation with his wife.
The sheriff’s office announced Thursday it had confirmed the young mother and her kids are dead, but they have refused to say how they know.
Investigators found Suarez’s car in the parking lot of a Publix grocery store, but it’s not clear what else they’ve found.
The bodies are still missing, and a sheriff’s spokesman told the Daily News the search would continue Monday in Volusia and neighboring Seminole County.
Florida news helicopters videotaped searchers combing through landfills and areas near American K-9 Detection Services, where Suarez worked.
The Orlando Sentinel reported Toledo has a violent history as a teenage member of the Latin Kings street gang.
State prison records show he served four years for an armed home invasion and a separate burglary. He was released in 2008.
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His rap sheet also includes a failed shooting, and he beat charges he and other gangsters clubbed a woman with a bat and choked her with a plastic bag, the Sentinel reported.
Suarez’s father said Toledo and his daughter fought often, sometimes violently, and she planned to divorce him.
“I’ve been praying a lot, and I’m hoping my daughter shows up with my grandkids,” Emilio Suarez told WFTV.
He often stayed with the couple and witnessed their rocky relationship. His daughter had a bad temper, and the fights sometimes turned ugly, he told the station.
“I have seen a lot of kind of domestic violence, fighting and pushing each,” Emilio Suarez said.
The couple occasionally separated, but she always came back, Emilio Suarez said. He’s still hopeful he’ll see her again.
Luis Toledo, 31, was talking to investigators on Saturday at the Volusia County Sheriff's Office when he asked to go to the bathroom. A deputy followed him, but Toledo blocked the door, smashed a mirror with his head and slit his wrist with the shards, a sheriff's spokesman said in a statement.
He was treated at a local hospital and returned to jail.
Luis Toledo is the sole “person of interest” in the disappearance of Yessenia Suarez and her two kids, 8-year-old Michael Otto and Thalia Otto, 9.
A sheriff’s spokesman told the Daily News that Toledo showed up at Suarez’s job on Tuesday and battered her.
Volusia County Sheriff's Office
Yessenia Suarez, 28, disappeared along with her children, 8-year-old Michael Otto and 9-year-old Thalia Otto, shortly after her husband showed up at her job in Lake Mary, Fla., and beat her up, authorities say.
Worried relatives asked sheriff’s deputies to check the couple’s home the next morning in Deltona, Fla., when Suarez didn’t answer her cellphone.
RELATED: MISSING FLORIDA MOM, 2 CHILDREN ARE DEAD: COPS
The sheriff’s office announced Thursday it had confirmed the young mother and her kids are dead, but they have refused to say how they know.
Volusia County Sheriff's Office
Thalia Otto, 9, allegedly had violent fights with her stepfather and is believed to be dead along with her mother and younger brother.
The bodies are still missing, and a sheriff’s spokesman told the Daily News the search would continue Monday in Volusia and neighboring Seminole County.
Florida news helicopters videotaped searchers combing through landfills and areas near American K-9 Detection Services, where Suarez worked.
The Orlando Sentinel reported Toledo has a violent history as a teenage member of the Latin Kings street gang.
State prison records show he served four years for an armed home invasion and a separate burglary. He was released in 2008.
Volusia County Sheriff's Office
Searchers were seen combing through Florida landfills for the bodies of Michael Otto, 8, his mother and older sister.
His rap sheet also includes a failed shooting, and he beat charges he and other gangsters clubbed a woman with a bat and choked her with a plastic bag, the Sentinel reported.
Suarez’s father said Toledo and his daughter fought often, sometimes violently, and she planned to divorce him.
“I’ve been praying a lot, and I’m hoping my daughter shows up with my grandkids,” Emilio Suarez told WFTV.
He often stayed with the couple and witnessed their rocky relationship. His daughter had a bad temper, and the fights sometimes turned ugly, he told the station.
“I have seen a lot of kind of domestic violence, fighting and pushing each,” Emilio Suarez said.
The couple occasionally separated, but she always came back, Emilio Suarez said. He’s still hopeful he’ll see her again.
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