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<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong>Estranged husband, in-laws arrested in connection with Florida woman’s brutal murder</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit">Wanda Nereida Rivera was arrested Friday in connection with the murder of her daughter-in-law </span><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">Nicole Montalvo</span></span></strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit"><span style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">Christopher Otero-Rivera, 31, and his father Angel Luis Rivera, 63, were arrested last Friday by </span><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">Osceola County Police </span></span></strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">Wanda Riviera, 59, was charged five days after her son and husband were apprehended in the same case</span></span></strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">She is accused of tampering with evidence related to the death of Montalvo and providing false or misleading statements investigators, and </span></span><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond </span></span></strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">33-year-old Montalvo, 33, of Kissimmee, was reported missing Oct 23</span></span></strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">She&#8217;d dropped off heir 8-year-old son Elijah at estranged husband&#8217;s home in St. Cloud two days earlier, but did not return to collect him</span></span></strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">Montalvo’s former husband Christopher Otero-Rivera and his father Angel Luis Rivera,– were initially arrested Oct 25, on unrelated charges </span></span></strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">Her dismembered body was found at a home owned by the Rivera family</span></span></strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;">After Montalvo’s death was confirmed two days later, the men were charged with premeditated murder and ordered held without bond at the Osceola County Jail</span></span></strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="postid-14600185"><span style="color: #423131;"><strong><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center;"> The victim had left Christopher Otero-Rivera and recently filed for divorce after several years of marriage marred by frequent and escalating domestic abuse</span></span></strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="wp-caption-text featured"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-334100" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Wanda-Nereida-Rivera-2.jpg" alt="Wanda Nereida Rivera 2" width="918" height="609" />59-year-old Wanda Nereida Rivera [photo] was arrested Friday by Osceola county police in connection with the murder of her daughter-in-law Nicole Montalvo. her husband and son had been swept up and charged by police five days earlier</strong></h6>
<div class="wp-caption-text featured"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The mother-in-law of a murdered Florida woman has been arrested and charged in connection with the brutal killing, authorities announced Friday — five days after the her husband and son &#8211; who was married to the victim &#8211; were charged in the same case.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson told reporters that Wanda Nereida Rivera, 59, was booked Friday and is being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.<br />
She is accused of tampering with evidence related to the death of Nicole Montalvo, 33, and providing false or misleading statements to detectives during questioning over the past week.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Gibson described Rivera as “emotional,” following her arrest, adding that she is not co-operating with the investigation and has already consulted an attorney.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Montalvo’s estranged husband and the father of their son, Christopher Otero-Rivera, 31, and his 63-year-old father Angel Luis Rivera, were initially arrested last Friday on unrelated charges. Montalvo&#8217;s dismembered body had been found on their property, days after she was reported missing.<br />
After Montalvo’s identity was confirmed on Sunday, the men were charged with premeditated murder and ordered held without bond at the Osceola County Jail.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The homicide investigation is ongoing, and Gibson said he expected more arrests in the coming days.<br />
</span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“We do know other people involved in this,” he stressed. “It’s going to lead to more arrests. This [murder] was definitely planned, and when it took effect, people were contacted or involved in whatever role [with regard to] the remains.”<br />
</span><span style="background-color: initial; text-align: center; color: var(--color-text);">Christopher Otero-Rivera, 31, and his father Angel Luis Rivera, 63, were arrested last Friday by </span><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center; color: var(--color-text);">Osceola County Police, who said: </span><span style="color: var(--color-text);">“We will drain every pond, no matter how small a role someone played in this,” Sheriff Russ Gibson added.<br />
“They will be brought to justice.”</span></div>
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<h6><img class="" src="https://i1.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Nicole-Montalvo-1.jpg?ssl=1&;w=512" alt="Nicole Montalvo 1" width="764" height="1045" /><strong>Christopher Otero-Rivera reportedly kidnapped his Estranged Husband of Nicole Montalvo [photo], at Knifepoint a year ago. He has been charged with murder after her dismembered body was found in his home, two days after she vanished on Oct 23</strong></h6>
<p>33-year-old Montalvo, an employee at Broadway Pizza Bar in Kissimmee, was reported missing Oct. 23. She had dropped off her 8-year-old son Elijah at his father’s home in St. Cloud two days earlier, but did not return to collect him.<br />
Conducting a search, investigators discovered human remains at a property belonging to Montalvo’s in-laws on Oct. 25.; authorities confirmed the remains as Montalvo two days later.<br />
Gibson said Montalvo’s body was in one of the worst conditions he has seen over 32 years as a homicide detective and sheriff, adding that the remains had been “disassembled.” The cause of death is still yet to be determined, though autopsy results are expected next week.<br />
“I’m so angry what these people have done to this sweet woman, at a time in her life when she felt as though she had finally broken free and was so happy to have made her first month’s rent,” Sheriff Gibson said.<br />
“Many times, victims of domestic violence don’t know how to break free, but she was out there on her own getting it done. Now she is dead.”<br />
“When this autopsy is done, people are going to be horrified,” Gibson added.<br />
But this was hardly the first allegedly savage encounter Montalvo had faced at the hands of Otero-Rivera, with whom she had filed for divorce. According to court filings, Montalvo sought the help of law enforcement on numerous occasions, and incidences of violence had escalated over several years</p>
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<p>Photos of Montalvo sporting bruises and a neck brace were included in court petitions, according reports the <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-ne-nicole-montalvo-arrests-estranged-husband-20191028-tg5femjeabchxammpz4m3hb3xm-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orlando Sentinel</a>.<br />
Also revealed in that filing was the fact that Otero-Rivera had previously been involuntarily hospitalized under the state’s Baker’s Act, which allows a 72-hour hold for those believed to be a danger to themselves or others.<br />
Yet the worst alleged incident came in October 2018. Montalvo told law enforcement that Otero-Rivera texted her that his truck had broken down and that he needed a ride. However, he then led her to a barren area where another car, driven by a woman identified as Toni Rocker, pulled up.<br />
Montalvo was subsequently dragged from her vehicle and thrown to the ground. After her husband purportedly stuffed a cloth in her mouth and attempted to break her neck, Rocker allegedly held a knife to Montalvo’s throat and threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the attack.<br />
The pair were arrested.</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-334101" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Christopher-Otero-Rivera-left-and-his-father-Angel-Luis-Rivera-1.jpg" alt="Christopher Otero-Rivera (left) and his father Angel Luis Rivera 1.jpg" width="662" height="441" /><strong>Ex-con father and son Christopher Otero-Rivera, [left] and his father Angel Luis Rivera, [right] <span style="background-color: initial; text-align: center; color: var(--color-text);">were charged Oct 28 in </span><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center; color: var(--color-text);">Osceola County, Fla.,</span><span class="credit img__credit"><span class="credit" style="background-color: initial; text-align: center; color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"> with premeditated murder in the death of Christopher&#8217;s estranged wife. They are being held without bond at the Osceola County Jail</span></span></span></strong></h6>
<p>Rocker, 31, was acquitted in April of charges of kidnapping, robbery, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by a jury in April.<br />
Christopher Otero-Rivera pled no contest to hindering a witness’s ability to communicate with law enforcement, unlawful possession of a credit or debit card, and battery. The more serious charges of kidnapping, robbery, and aggravated assault were dropped in the agreement.<br />
After serving just eight months behind bars, he was released on two years of probation – which included wearing an ankle bracelet for monitoring.<br />
Moreover, Otero-Rivera was banned from communicating with Montalvo except for in a parenting cellphone application but has since been charged with violating a no-contact order after admitting to calling her. His father, a convicted felon, was initially apprehended Friday on charges of unlawful weapons and ammunition possession.<br />
“This is a person who already tried to snap Nicole’s neck, and he took this plea deal,” Gibson lamented. “Domestic violence should not be a misdemeanor; they should be a felony. If weapons are used, they can be enhanced to a felony. But anything domestic violence-related should be moved to a felony.”</p>
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Florida man Christopher Otero-Rivera, 31, his parents arrested in connection with brutal killing and dismemberment of his estranged wife, Nicole Montalvo, 33
