Felix Rivera and Amarilyss Martinez
June 24, 2019
Florida mother charged with killing daughter, stepdad
By Gary Detman
CBS12 News
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) - A mother accused of killing her own daughter and stepfather is now in custody in Port St. Lucie.
Investigators arrested 29-year-old Alyssa Marie Torres around 10:30 a.m. in Fort Pierce. Torres is facing two counts of murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Police said Torres killed her 8-year-old daughter, identified by family members as Amarilyss Martinez, and her stepdad, identified by police as 55-year-old Felix Rivera. Torres also wounded her mother, 53-year-old Marisol
Rivera, in a shooting just after midnight at the Waterleaf Townhomes apartment complex off SE Hillmoor Drive.
Amarilyss was a second grade student in the St. Lucie Public Schools district.
"St Lucie Public Schools is saddened to hear about the tragic and unfortunate passing of our student, Amarilyss Martinez," officials from the school district said. "Such times are difficult for all of us; however, we will support one during this time of grief."
"That was my little sister, I lost my sister, an innocent child that didn't deserve this," sobbed the girl's half-sister during an interview with CBS12 News reporter Denise Sawyer.
Police say after the killings, the little girl's mother took off.
During the search for Torres, authorities labeled her "armed and dangerous."
Authorities issued an alert for Torres and her car, a Toyota Rav4. Police said she frequently visited Palm Beach and Orlando.
But officers captured her about 10 hours later in Fort Pierce.
Investigators do not have a motive for the shootings. The suspect's mother is in the hospital with non life-threatening injuries, police said.
Police say it appears Torres acted alone and there are no suspects at large.
A Ruger 300 LCP was recovered from Torres' vehicle and is being placed into evidence, according to police. Torres' mother was the one who identified her as the shooter.
Torres was booked into the St. Lucie County Jail around 4:46 p.m.
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