>>> DAY CARE DRAMA. A YOUNG MOM FINDING THE UNTHINKABLE WHEN HER DOED --
TODDLER GOT HOME.
WE BEGIN WITH DEVELOPING NEWS,
A MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS
FAMILY AND TAKING HIS NEWBORN
HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD.
BUT THE BABY BOY IS STILL
MISSING.
LET’S GET RIGHT TO LOCAL 10
NEWS REPORTER HATZEL VELA LIVE
IN SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE WITH
THE VERY LATEST, HATZEL?
>>> NICOLE, THE INVESTIGATION,
THE FOCUS OF THIS
INVESTIGATION NOW MOVING UP TO
PASCO COUNTY.
I WANT TO TAKE YOU UP THERE.
YOU CAN SEE LIVE PICTURES
WHERE IT IS NIGHT.
ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF TAMPA.
INVESTIGATORS SEARCHING FOR
THIS ONE WEEK OLD SON OF
49-YEAR-OLD ERNESTO
CABALLEIRO.
ERNESTO CABALLEIRO IS THE MAN
WHO POLICE SAY ABDUCTED HIS
CHILD FROM HERE IN SOUTHWEST
MIAMI-DADE.
AND THAT CHILD REMAINS
MISSING.
AERIALS SHOW US A DIM REALITY,
WHAT IS TURNING OUT TO BE A
BIZARRE AND HEARTBREAKING
STORY.
DEPUTIES SURROUND THE WHITE
VAN.
9THEY SAY THEY FOUND
49-YEAR-OLD ERNESTO CABALLEIRO
DEAD, BUT STILL NO SIGN OF HIS
BABY SON ANDREW CABALLEIRO
WHO’S JUST A WEEK OLD.
DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND HIM IN
A RURAL AREA OFF I-75 40 MILES
WORTH OF TAMPA.
FAMILY FRIEND MIGUEL GONZALEZ
SAYS BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THIS IS
A GOOD FAMILY.
GOES ON TO TELL US THE BABY’S
MOTHER LIVED HERE.
A NEIGHBOR CONFIRMS
CABALLEIRO’S BROTHER LIVES AT
THIS OTHER HOME IN HOMESTEAD.
IN FACT, SHE TELLS US
CABALLEIRO AND HIS BROTHER
JUST LOST THEIR MOTHER.
NOT SOMETHING YOU’D EXPECT,
SHE SAYS.
ESPECIALLY FROM CABALLEIRO WHO
WAS SO HAPPY WITH HIS NEWBORN
SON.
ALL OF THIS STARTED AFTER THE
FAMILY DISCOVERED THREE DEAD
WOMEN INSIDE THE HOME ON
SOUTHWEST 187TH AVENUE NEAR
220TH STREET.
MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE TOLD
LOCAL 10 THE BABY’S MOTHER,
GRANDMOTHER AND GREAT
GRANDMOTHER ARE THE VICTIMS.
>>> ERNESTO CABALLEIRO, HE’S
RELATED TO THE ONE OR ALL
THREE OF THE VICTIMS.
>>> IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES, WE
EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE PASCO
COUNTY SHERIFF.
HE’LL LIKELY BE PROVIDING NEW
DETAILS TO THE PRESS ABOUT
THIS CASE.
AGAIN, THE CASE NOW MOVING TO
PASCO COUNTY.
THAT IS WHERE THEY HAVE FOUND
THE BODY OF ERNESTO
CABALLEIRO.
FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE IN
SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, I’M
HATZEL VELA, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>>> HATZEL, THANK YOU.
FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE VICTIMS
HAVE GATHERED AT A HOME JUST
NORTH OF THE MURDER SCENE.
THAT’S WHERE WE FIND LOCAL 10
NEWS REPORTER CHRISTIAN DE LA
ROSA, CHRISTIAN?
>>> THEY’RE STUNNED.
THEY ARE HORRIFIED.
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY
ARE IDENTIFYING THE THREE
VICTIMS.
HERE’S A PICTURE OF THE THREE.
THEY’RE IDENTIFYING THEM AS
THE NEWBORN’S MOTHER, IN THE
BLUE.
HER MOTHER ON THE RIGHT SIDE
OF THE PICTURE AND 85-YEAR-OLD
NINA GONZALEZ WHO IS THE
NEWBORN’S GREAT GRANDMOTHER.
THE FAMILY TELLS ME THAT
NEWBORN HAS A 9-YEAR-OLD
SISTER.
THEY ARE THANKFUL SHE AND THE
REST OF THE FAMILY ARE ALIVE.
>>> IT’S A TRAGEDY.
WE LOOK AT THE POSITIVE SIDE
IN THIS.
IT’S DIFFICULT.
WE’RE LUCKY HE DIDN’T COME TO
THE HOUSE WHERE ALL THE OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WERE.
>>> WE ASKED THEM ABOUT
49-YEAR-OLD ERNESTO CABALLEIRO
AND THEY TELL ME THAT HE WAS A
TROUBLED MAN IN A TROUBLED
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
NEWBORN’S MOTHER, WHO’S ALSO
ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
THE FAMILY IS ALSO MAKING A
PLEA REACHING OUT TO FLORIDA
SENATOR MARCO RUBIO ASKING FOR
A SPECIAL VISA TO BRING A MAN
WHO IS A SON, A BROTHER AND AN
UNCLE OF THE VICTIMS TO THE
UNITED STATES FROM CUBA.