ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Friday detectives found the body of a 16-year-old boy in a wooded area. He had been abducted near Orlando.
The FDLE issued an Amber Alert May 31 after a man kidnapped Bruce Hagans in Winter Garden. An anonymous tip saying his body was in a wooded area in rural Orange County turned out to be true, police said.
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Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Winter Garden Police Department officers were investigating. The boy's body was in a shallow grave and it appeared he had died of a gunshot wound, police said.
Detectives arrested a suspect identified as Luis Rivera Sr., 49. For now, he is facing evidence tampering charges.