Overview

• Arnaldo Cintron is charged with second-degree murder and multiple counts tied to concealment and witness tampering after the August 15 killing of Hiojaira Velez Bonilla in Riverview, Florida.
• Court documents say Cintron wore the victim’s dress and wig and forced her boyfriend to wear her clothing while threatening him to help clean up and move the body.
• Investigators report the victim’s body was transported to Weedon Island Preserve, where the boyfriend later led detectives to the site and evidence was recovered.
• Giselle Santiago Bonilla, the victim’s cousin and Cintron’s girlfriend, is charged with evidence- and witness-tampering offenses and is held on $200,000 bond.
• The affidavit alleges Cintron demanded the victim’s debit PIN and withdrew more than $30,000 after the killing, with threats made toward the witness and the victim’s child.