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Christian Aguilar, 18, U of Florida student missing - suspect arrested
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-5...a-student/

Gainesville police said 18-year-old Pedro Bravo faces third-degree felony charges of depriving a victim of a crime of medical treatment. Police said Bravo and 18-year-old Aguilar were fighting over a girl. Aguilar was last seen Thursday....]

"Depriving of medical treatment charge" because in one version of what happened, Bravo said he knocked Aguilar unconscious and left him in a parking lot.

Suspect purchased duct tape & shovel before Aguilar went missing
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Missing student Christian Aguilar

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The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.

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#3
Good 4-page article here - mostly about Christian. Christian was a biomedical major - good in science and math. Christian and the suspect were friends. The suspect's family knew Christian and have offered to help in the search (I hope they're also trying to convince Bravo to tell where Christian is.)

http://www.ocala.com/article/20120925/AR...?p=1&tc=pg

...Back in the courtroom, Claudia Aguilar faced Bravo and spoke to him directly. She pleaded with him, asking for a clue, anything.

"He knows us," she said. "He knows me."

She asked for an address, anything Bravo remembered about the incident.

"We're not asking for any more," she said. "Only that."

Bravo did not respond, and she left with her family to continue the search....
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#4
Aguilar's body still has not been found, but suspect Pedro Bravo has been charged with murder:

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/state/chris...an-aguilar
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http://www.alligator.org/news/campus/art...963f4.html

As Pedro Bravo remained in Alachua County Jail accused of a murder in connection to Christian Aguilar’s disappearance, police documents released Saturday shed more light on what happened the day Aguilar went missing...

Over the weekend, a judge charged Bravo with murder and denied him bond....

A store [Best Buy] surveillance photo released Tuesday showed that Aguilar [with Bravo] was last seen at about 3 p.m. that day....

The last known activity from Aguilar’s phone was at 8:14 p.m. on Sept. 20, which Bravo said he turned off and threw into the woods before he returned home....

Officials then issued search warrants for Bravo’s apartment in Spyglass Apartments and his Chevrolet Blazer.

Inside Bravo’s car, police found traces of blood....Scientists from UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Science confirmed that limerock dust was also found in Bravo’s car, according to a GPD news release.

In the apartment, officers found Aguilar’s backpack hidden inside a suitcase in Bravo’s closet.

They also found a receipt on his dresser, which showed that Bravo purchased a roll of duct tape and a shovel on Sept. 16, four days before Aguilar went missing.

Police have not found the shovel or the roll of duct tape....
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Christian Aguilar Missing: FBI joins city police in search for missing University of Fla. teen

The FBI will be joining city police and other law enforcement agencies in the continuing search for missing University of Florida freshman Christian Aguilar, who disappeared 12 days ago, CBS Miami reports.

More at link below... short story but also a special church service is planned for Wednesday night at Prince of Peace Catholic Church and a benefit concert will be performed at Florida International University on Oct. 14.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-5...-fla-teen/
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Pedro Bravo indicted for murder in Christian Aguilar case. see story at link...

http://www.ocala.com/article/20121008/AR.../121009699
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#8
How frustrating for Aguilar's parents having known the suspect as a friend of their son and watching him lead LE on a wild goose chase looking for the body. Asshole; hope he gives it up soon.

Sure looks premeditated given Bravo's purchases days before Aguilar's disappearance.

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Pedro Bravo, suspect
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#9
No official confirmation yet, but parents say Aguilar's body has been found...

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/bay...ains_.html

Although investigators have yet to say definitively, the family of missing University of Florida student Christian Aguilar said the remains found Friday are their son.

The 18-year-old has not been seen since late September.

After all the anxiety and all the man hours of searching, the Aguilar family feels like they're one step closer to peace.

"We, as a family, believe that Christian has been found,” said Carlos Aguilar, Christian’s father. “But, we will wait until the authorities confirm it."

They took the podium Saturday at UF for a brief press conference.

Gainesville police officers were there in support, but didn't answer any questions....

Hunters stumbled upon remains at the Gulf Hammock Hunting Club and called police.

Gainesville detectives assisted, and after a short time, alerted the Aguilar family...
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#10
Remains have been formally identified as Aguilar.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/15/us/florida...index.html

Human remains discovered last week in Levy County, Florida, have been identified as those of missing University of Florida student Christian Aguilar.

Dental records were used to identify the body, Gainesville police said. Further tests will be conducted to determine his manner of death.

Aguilar's remains were found on Friday, but police did not identify them until Monday....
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