Arrest made months after woman’s body found inside car in Orange County

Yesnin Bonilla-Iscoa, 29, faces charge of murder

Yesnin Bonilla-Iscoa, 29 (left) and Maria De Los Angeles Paulino, 52 (right) (Lubbock County Sheriff's Office/Orange County Sheriff's Office)

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man has been taken into custody months after a woman’s body was found in a car in Orange County, according to the sheriff’s office on Wednesday.

In a release, deputies said that the man — Yesnin Bonilla-Iscoa, 29 — was arrested in Texas on a warrant for first-degree murder with a weapon.

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The woman — Maria De Los Angeles Paulino, 52 — was discovered dead in a car back in May near Clarcona Ocoee Road and Rose Avenue, according to investigators.

At that time, detectives said her body had “obvious signs of trauma.”

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Bonilla-Iscoa was taken into custody by the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office in Texas on Tuesday. He faces a charge of murder and an immigration customs enforcement detainer.

No additional information was provided, including his role in Paulino’s death.

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