Teen who vanished from her home 2 years ago turns up when she's charged with murder after a hail of gunfire: Cops

An 18-year-old pistillate who was reported missing from her Tampa, Florida, location much than 2 years agone finds herself down bars and charged with the execution of a 23-year-old antheral successful North Carolina.

According to a warrant, Gracie Elizabeth Faye Landa stands accused of execution successful the May 30 decease of Christopher Piedrasanta-Perez successful Durham.

Landa was reported missing successful June 2023 from Tampa and was featured by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. About a twelvemonth aft her disappearance, officials said they believed she was successful the Durham area.

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Fast guardant to astir 12:30 a.m. connected May 30 of this year. The Raleigh News & Observer reported that Piedrasanta-Perez and 2 women were sitting successful a car adjacent a section parkland erstwhile 2 oregon 3 radical walked up to them and started shooting. Piedrasanta-Perez was struck successful the caput by the gunfire and died.

Investigators reportedly aboriginal recovered immoderate 40 casings from 2 antithetic caliber weapons. Police arrested Landa connected Monday. They person not said however they connected Landa to the killing, nor person they announced immoderate different arrests successful the lawsuit oregon a motive for the shooting.

A GoFundMe account described Piedrasanta-Perez arsenic a "kind soul, respectful, funny, caring, loving, hardworking."

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"His beingness brought airy and comfortableness to the family, had a consciousness of wit similar nary other, and present his lack has near a spread successful our hearts," the station said. "Our household is devastated by this loss. As we grieve, we are doing our champion to travel unneurotic to grant his representation and enactment 1 different done this hard time. Nobody is genuinely ever prepared for an unexpected loss."

Landa remains successful the Durham County Jail without bond. She has a tribunal day scheduled for Sept. 11.