Suspect sought in murder of estranged wife

An arrest warrant has been issued for Alex Olivencia-Alvarado for the murder of his estranged wife, identified as Michelle Rodriguez-Laracuente, 42, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office announced on Tuesday afternoon.

Olivencia-Alvarado is to be considered armed and dangerous. He was last seen driving a 2009 black Toyota Scion XD which has since been recovered, wearing a gray shirt, and blue jeans. He is known to frequent the Meadow Woods area outside Bueno Virtual Lakes in Orange County, Florida.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office and the Orlando Police Department have been assisting Osceola County Sheriff's Office with the investigation.

If anyone sees the suspect or has any information on his whereabouts, please do not attempt to approach him. Please call 911.

The Sheriff’s Department said anyone harboring or helping the suspect evade arrest could be charged.

Friends of the victim have created a GoFundMe account for her children.

WATCH LIVE: Osceola County Deputies update on search for homicide suspect
Officials update on search for a suspect after a woman was found shot to death in her home in Kissimmee. http://at.wftv.com/2oMT6kV
Posted by WFTV Channel 9 on Tuesday, March 6, 2018

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — An earlier report follows:

Several schools were briefly placed on lockout Tuesday as deputies searched for a homicide suspect.

Alex Olivencia-Alvarado's wife was found shot to death Monday inside her Kissimmee home on Manoel Silva Street.

Meadow Woods ES/MS, Oakshire ES, South Creek MS, Wetherbee & Wyndham Lakes ES are on a lockout due to police activity in the area. The police investigation is not related to the school. Lockout = perimeter gates/doors locked, everyone remains inside, but instruction continues.
— OCPS News (@OCPSnews) March 6, 2018

Update: All lockouts are in the process of being lifted at 10:58am.
Aviso: Los accesos bloqueados se terminaron a las 10:58am.

Students and staff remain safe. Again, the lockouts were due to police activity in the area that was not related to any of the schools.
— OCPS News (@OCPSnews) March 6, 2018

Deputies believe Olivencia-Alvarado, who is the woman's estranged husband, is responsible for her death and a first-degree murder warrant is out for his arrest.

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He was last seen driving a 2009 black Toyota Scion XD, which was found Tuesday in a wooded area near Boggy Creek Road.

Car believed to belong to wanted man suspected of murdering his wife in Osceola County...found off Boggy Creek Rd in Orange County. #WFTV pic.twitter.com/ZGG2y3biqw
— Jeff Deal (@JDealWFTV) March 6, 2018

Deputies said Olivencia-Alvarado frequents the Meadow Woods area in Orange County.

Deputies have not said if the lockout is related to the search.

Deputies said anyone who sees him should not approach him, as he is considered armed and dangerous.

Police said to call 911 or the Osceola County Sheriff's Office at 407-348-2222 or Crimeline at 800-423-8477, where information leading to an arrest could result in a $1,000 reward.

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