Orange County, FL: Man Kills Girlfriend, Kills Two Others During Chase

Posted: 8:51 am EDT April 25, 2010
Updated: 4:26 pm EDT April 25, 2010

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Three people are dead after a man stabbed his girlfriend and led police on a chase that ended in a deadly crash.
Just before 11:00 Saturday night Orange County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the intersection of Dean Road and Blanchard Trail. According to witnesses the victim said her boyfriend stabbed her and hit her with his car.
The victim, 35-year-old Berlitz Alvelo, was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center where she later died.
Deputies spotted the suspect, 25-year-old Jose Antonio Maisonet-Maldonado, at the intersection of University Boulevard and Goldenrod Road. Massanet sped off when he saw deputies, leading them on a chase into downtown Orlando.
Eyewitnesses along Colonial Drive said they saw deputies following a few seconds behind the suspect and then heard the crash.
"A white BMW X5 just flew by, well over 100 and then we just heard popping and I guess it went airborne after these tracks" said Luis Alva.
Maisonet-Maldonado crashed into two cars stopped on Colonial Drive at I-4. The drivers of both cars were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. 22-year-old Francesca Jeffery and 28-year-old Amanda Taylor, both passengers in one of the cars, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Maisonet-Maldonado was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. He will be charged with 1st degree murder and two counts of vehicular homicide.