Officials have identified a body that was found in unincorporated Miami-Dade last week as a Broward woman who was allegedly murdered by her husband.
Mimose Dulcio, 39, had been last seen the evening of Nov. 10 at her home in unincorporated central Broward, and a missing person alert was issued for her two days later.
Detectives found a body Nov. 16 in a wooded area near Northwest 204th Street and 55th Court. Though officials hadn't released her identity at the time, family members said it was Dulcio's body.
But on Tuesday, authorities confirmed the body was Dulcio.
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Days after she went missing, police arrested her estranged husband, 36-year-old Jose Luis Pacheco, in Miami-Dade on a second-degree murder charge in the killing.
On Wednesday, Pacheco was moved from Miami-Dade to the jail in Broward. He remains held without bond.
Family members and authorities said Dulcio had been going through a messy divorce with her husband, 36-year-old Jose Luis Pacheco.
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A search warrant was obtained for the couple's home and shared vehicle and during the search, investigators found evidence that suggested Dulcio had been murdered in the couple's home, and that her body had been transported in the couple's shared vehicle and disposed of in an unknown location, Broward Sheriff's Office officials said.
Dulcio's family said they had suspected Pacheco from the beginning.
"She's going through a messy divorce. She’s going through something with an individual that I don’t take this lightly. I'm gonna call him a monster. A monster," sister Simenta Dulcio said.
