ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — An Orange County man accused of killing his girlfriend and taking her remains into Georgia appeared before a judge on Wednesday.
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On Oct. 27, investigators with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said 41-year-old Jorge Quintero murdered his girlfriend, Carmen Escalante-Carrera
Quintero dismembered the victim, put her remains inside of a suitcase and drove to Georgia before discarding the suitcase on the side of the highway.
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Eventually U.S. Marshals intercepted Quintero just after he crossed into Alabama.
Marshals shot Quintero during that encounter; a report stated.
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Quintero was transported back to Orange County after recovering for the past three weeks from his gunshot wound.
Quintero is being charged with first-degree murder and is currently being held in the Orange County Jail.
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