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Vilma Gil, the 51-year-old Cuban mother who went missing on June 1 in Miami, was found deceased, authorities reported on Monday.
The Cuban woman, mother of a five-year-old girl, was last seen at noon that day when she left her home in Hialeah heading to a hair salon, where she planned to have her nails done for her daughter's end-of-year party the following day. That night, her husband, Alexei Licea, reported her missing to the authorities.
A report by Univision 23 showed the moment when Gil's family members left the Miami-Dade Police on June 17, "devastated" after being notified of the discovery of his lifeless body.
The family told the television channel that they were not informed of the cause of Gil's death, nor the condition of the body, or when they would be able to collect it.
However, it has come to light that the investigation of the case is currently being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) rather than the Police, although the reason for this change is unclear, according to Univision 23, which requested information from the agency regarding this matter.
Gil's family had requested help to find her after losing all contact with her on June first. The trail of the Cuban woman went cold at a gas station on 157th Avenue and Kendall Drive. Gil never made it to the hair salon.
On June 2, police officers found his abandoned car at mile 32 on 8th Street in the Everglades, in a desolate area near a lake. Inside the vehicle were his belongings, except for his cell phone and a credit card.
In statements to Univision 23 the previous week, Gil's husband revealed that he had spoken with her at four in the afternoon on the day she disappeared.
"I didn't notice anything unusual about her. I found her in good spirits; I never imagined that this time would be the last I would talk to her for a long time," she remarked.
Licea stated that afterwards, he tried to contact his wife several times, but was unsuccessful, and he even began to think that her cell phone battery had died. That night, he reported to the police.
Meanwhile, desperate over the disappearance of the woman, her sister Digna Gil appealed to the community for any information that could help them find her whereabouts.
The Miami-Dade County Police Department, which was in charge of the investigation at the time, also called on anyone with relevant information about the case to contact the institution.
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