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Florida man on probation charged with murder after stepfather found dismembered in suitcases

8/16/2026

Three suitcases left along a roadway near an Orlando home carried a grim discovery: dismembered human remains, found by deputies with the Orange County Sheriff's Office just before midnight on Aug.

Jose Proano, 44, the stepson of the victim, Jorge Vazquez-Escutia, 71, has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held without bond.

The family had already raised the alarm before investigators reached the suitcases.

Relatives found Vazquez-Escutia's phone, wallet, and keys at his home, blood on the fence outside, and his cars in the driveway with the doors unlocked. He had not been seen in three days.

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