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Florida murder suspect arrested in missing Lyft driver’s car after North Carolina police chase
Gary Levin, a 74-year-old Lyft driver from Palm Seashore Gardens in Florida, hasn’t been in contact together with his household since final month.
On Thursday, his household says deputies in North Carolina chased his automotive at excessive speeds by three counties. It crashed, and so they discovered another person behind the wheel: a Florida man wished on unrelated homicide costs.
Wauchula police had been searching for Mathew Scott Flores since at the very least Jan. 24 in reference to the capturing loss of life of Jose Carlos Martinez. On Jan. 25, they stated he could have been driving a 2017 Nissan after swapping the license plates.
“Early indications are the car Flores was in was actually Mr. Levin’s car, and that connection will probably be confirmed as quickly as potential,” Wauchula Police Chief John Eason instructed Fox Information Digital Friday. He stated he’d already dispatched investigators as much as North Carolina.
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Lacking Palm Seashore Gardens Lyft driver Gary Levin, left and middle, has not been heard from since Jan. 30. North Carolina police arrested homicide suspect Mathew Scott Flores in his automotive on Thursday, Feb. 2, in response to authorities and Levin’s household.
(Palm Seashore Gardens Police, Wauchula Police)
Flores was taken to a hospital with unspecified accidents after his seize.
Stephanie Velgara, an alleged confederate in Martinez’s loss of life, can be in custody.
Eason stated the investigation stays ongoing and there might be further costs. Wauchula police had beforehand stated there might also be extra suspects concerned within the Martinez homicide.
Gary Levin smiles on trip in a 2020 picture shared to his Fb web page.
(Gary Levin/Fb)
Levin’s daughter, Lindsay DiBetta, first revealed the connection on Fb Friday morning.
“The automotive was present in North Carolina, no signal of my dad on 2/2. The driving force was concerned in a excessive pace chase however was ultimately caught,” she wrote. “This isn’t a great individual, he had a warrant out for his arrest for a latest murder and he was making an attempt to flee.”
DiBetta instructed Fox Information Digital that the household’s focus stays discovering her father.
“[We’re] hoping that the man driving the automotive says the place he received it, so we are able to discover my dad,” she stated.
Police say Matthew Flores was hospitalized after a high-speed chase spanning three counties in North Carolina Thursday.
(Wauchula Police)
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Levin has been “unreachable” since Jan. 30, in response to Palm Seashore Gardens police.
His automotive was noticed in Gainesville on Feb. 1, a day earlier than Flores’ arrest and roughly 400 miles from the North Carolina state line.
DiBetta says her father final used his cellphone within the Okeechobee space round 4 p.m. on Jan. 30.
“If he’s wherever it’s there,” she stated. “We can’t look forward to solutions and a courtroom date. If my dad’s on the market we have to know.”
She is asking anybody with data to come back ahead.
Palm Seashore Gardens Police are asking for anybody with data on lacking Gary Levin to contact them.
(Palm Seashore Gardens Police)
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Levin is described as a White male, 5 ft, 7 inches tall who weighs 170 kilos.
Anybody with data on his whereabouts is requested to contact Palm Seashore Gardens police at 561-799-4445.