HIALEAH, Fla. – Surveillance video shows two men carrying a 38-year-old woman out of a car on Tuesday and into a home in Hialeah, police said. About three hours later, detectives found the woman dead.
Officers identified them as Giancarlo Fuentes and Michael Schrum. The video shows Schrum was driving the car and parked it in front of a home near the intersection of Ludlam Road and West 53rd Street, police said.
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Fuentes, 27, was in the back seat next to a 5-year-old boy, who is the woman’s son with Schrum. He helped Schrum, 42, to carry the woman out of the car at 10:57 a.m., police said.
“Fuentes is a friend of the couple,” said Adriana Quintana, a Hialeah Police Department spokeswoman.
Officers arrived at the home about 2:10 p.m. after Schrum called 911, police said. The woman’s body was already in a “mild state of decomposition,” police said. Officers arrested Fuentes and Schrum about 4:50 p.m.
“Mr. Schrum and Mr. Fuentes are being charged with child abuse as of now,” Quintana said. “This case is still under investigation.”
Fuentes was out on felony bond on charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia with intent to use. Schrum has a history of marijuana possession.
Miami-Dade corrections officers booked both of them early Wednesday morning at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Records show Schrum is out on a $5,000 bond and Fuentes remained behind bars on Wednesday afternoon.
The woman’s cause of death has yet to be determined. Quintana said the Florida Department of Children and Family determined the boy is staying with his maternal grandfather.
Correction: This story initially reported the victim was a teenage girl, but the victim is a 38-year-old woman.