FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) - A woman beaten to death with her body dumped in an underdeveloped Eastpoint subdivision has been identified.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as 30-year-old Aileen Seiden on Friday.
FCSO says they were finally able to reach her sister to notify her of the incident.
Deputies say they delayed in sharing this information due to respect for the next of kin.
According to FCSO, friends of the victim have planned a vigil for May 3 at 7 p.m. in South Florida.
For more information on the vigil click here.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) - Two people have been arrested by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, accused of beating a woman to death and dumping her body in an underdeveloped Eastpoint subdivision.
The two, Zachary Ray Abell, 30, and Christina Marie Araujo, were arrested Tuesday night at a South Florida home and have been charged with second degree murder and tampering with evidence.
They are currently being held in the Broward County jail without bond.
The suspects and the victim, who FCSO says were all friends, were passing through the community on their way back from Texas and stopped at Sportsmans Lodge in Eastpoint.
Somehow an altercation occurred and the victim was beaten to death. The suspects left early Monday morning and discarded the woman's body in an underdeveloped subdivision just east of Eastpoint.
The woman's body was found Monday around 5 p.m.
FCSO says they received a BOLO from South Florida alerting them about a body that may have been dumped in North Florida.
Once the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigators identified the suspects, they assisted in the arrest.
“We we’re able to close this case fairly rapidly — a really horrific case of a woman who was severely beaten to death and just a very very sad, just a very sad case," said Franklin County Sheriff A.J. "Tony" Smith.
Investigators say the two were planning on fleeing the country before being arrested, but someone who claims to know the suspects tells WTXL that's not the case.
Authorities are not releasing the victim's name until next of kin are notified. FCSO says the suspects don't have any local ties to the area.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) - The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a body was found dumped in an underdeveloped subdivision.
Few details have emerged since after a woman’s was discovered late Monday evening.
WTXL ABC 27 has learned that fishermen located the body to the east of the Eastpoint area of Franklin county and reported it after 5 p.m.
Officials say the body had not been there long.
The identity of the woman has not been released, but the sheriff's comments suggest that there may be multiple suspects.
“Give is time to conduct the investigation we will let all of the information out just right now it’s critical to keep a lot of things that are sensitive within the investigation so that we can have a succession outcome," said Sheriff A.J. "Tony" Smith. "That’s the main thing is to have a successful outcome and bring the guilty people to justice.”
The Sheriff says that the Franklin county community is presumed to be safe at this time.
The investigation is ongoing.
This is a developing story.
