Florida man on probation allegedly kills and dismembers stepfather, stuffs body parts in suitcases

A Florida antheral who was connected probation has been charged with first-degree execution aft allegedly stalking, murdering and dismembering his 71-year-old stepfather.

What led authorities to fishy Jose Proano was a grisly find successful 3 suitcases conscionable earlier midnight connected Aug. 4.

The pieces of luggage were recovered on a roadway successful Orlando adjacent the location of Proano’s parent and stepfather.

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Jose Proano, 44, faces a first-degree execution complaint aft allegedly sidesplitting and dismembering his stepfather. (Orange County Corrections)

About 23 hours earlier, the household of Jorge Vazquez-Escutia called for help.

They’d recovered his phone, wallet and keys astatine his location and what looked similar humor connected the obstruction outside, according to an affidavit filed successful Florida’s Ninth Judicial Circuit Court.

His cars were successful his driveway with the doors unlocked, which was unusual, a household subordinate told authorities. They hadn’t seen him successful 3 days, they told deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

And friends of his stepson had reached retired to the household with a shocking assertion – that Jose Proano had told them he’d killed his stepfather, tribunal records show.

The sheriff’s bureau rapidly took to societal media asking for the public’s assistance uncovering Vazquez-Escutia due to the fact that of "concerns for Jorge's wellbeing, arsenic helium suffers from representation loss."

Then footage from a neighbor’s information camera showed a disturbing bid of events.

On the greeting of Aug. 2, the time aft the missing antheral was past seen, the information video showed a antheral wearing a achromatic garment jumping implicit the backmost partition of Vazquez-Escutia’s home.

Jorge Vazquez-Escutia was reported missing by his household successful aboriginal August earlier pieces of his assemblage were recovered successful luggage adjacent his home. (Orange County Sheriff's Office)

Later, the aforesaid antheral appears astatine the backmost of the location "bringing retired suitcases … and yet placing what appeared to beryllium a quality arm, into the suitcase," tribunal records show.

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And astatine astir 4:28 p.m., the video shows the antheral successful achromatic walking down the driveway, carrying 3 pieces of luggage.

The suitcases "appeared heavy, arsenic the male's near tricep musculus was intelligibly flexed arsenic helium was pulling them," detectives reported.

Investigators called Proano, 44, and asked to conscionable with them. They’d reviewed his telephone records, which showed it had been successful the country astir the aforesaid clip the antheral successful achromatic was seen connected information video.

Slowly, they pieced unneurotic a timeline.

Jorge Vazquez-Escutia's remains were recovered successful the Orlando area. (iStock)

Days earlier, Proano traveled to the country from Northport, astir 150 miles away. Proano’s ex-wife told authorities he’d been "acting erratic, making threats towards her," tribunal records show.

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Proano agreed to conscionable with investigators, tribunal records show.

He told them helium had a "negative relationship" with his stepfather, and believed Vazquez-Escutia had "restricted his quality to spot his mother." He besides told investigators astir his schizophrenia, which causes voices successful his caput that pb "him to interest astir members of his family."

Records showed he’d made galore calls to 911 asking for idiosyncratic to cheque connected his mother. He believed "bad things were happening," records with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office show. Deputies checked, recovered each was good astatine the home, and reported backmost to reassure him, records show.

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But thing atrocious had, indeed, happened.

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And astir 23 hours aft Vazquez-Escutia was reported missing, investigators made the unspeakable discovery.

Just earlier midnight connected Aug. 4, deputies searched the country surrounding Vazquez-Escutia’s home. They suspected the 3 suitcases could clasp important clues.

Then they happened upon 1 with an ominous odor lying down a adjacent ceramic wall. And erstwhile a transgression country researcher flipped it open, she recovered a quality head. It belonged to Vazquez-Escutia, records show.

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Two much pieces of luggage were recovered astir 400 feet distant on a roadway. Dangling from them were luggage tags with Proano’s mother’s name.

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Unzipping them and flipping them open, the technician recovered tarps and much assemblage parts of the missing man.

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Proano was "adamant" that the idiosyncratic successful the video wasn’t him, investigators noted. But helium aboriginal admitted that "it was successful information his compartment telephone and that it was successful information connected scene," a study shows.

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Investigators recovered "defensive benignant injuries" connected Proano’s body, including scratches connected his hands, arms, and ample scratch on the close broadside of his cheek.

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In 2022, Proano was charged with a slew of crimes related to an equipped burglary helium committed. After a plea bargain greatly reduced his sentencing from what could person been arsenic agelong arsenic 20 years, helium was retired connected probation until 2027. His astir caller charges violated the conditions of his probation, causing that lawsuit to beryllium reopened.

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He is being held without enslaved successful Orange County. His nationalist defender declined to remark astir the lawsuit to Fox News Digital, saying "our lawsuit has not fixed america support to sermon his case."

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A GoFundMe has been acceptable up to rise wealth for Vazquez-Escutia’s household to wage for ceremonial expenses. The leafage for the fundraiser describes him arsenic "a kind-hearted, gentle, and generous antheral who was ever acceptable to lend a helping manus to neighbors, friends, and household alike."