Originally published Nov. 12, 2013.
Yessenia Suarez's family is still working with Texas EquuSearch to find their loved ones.
They said they've sent Luis Toledo letters and pictures, begging him to tell authorities where the bodies Suarez and her two children are.
The family issued another public plea to Toledo during a news conference Tuesday evening.
"We the family are willing to come together to ask you, Luis, to find it in your heart to grant us what you have taken from us," said Felicita Perez, Yessenia Suarez's mother.
“We don’t hate him. But we’re also hoping that with letters that are sent to him from our heart, he will probably respond from his heart,” added Yessenia Suarez’s stepfather Ruben Perez.
Meanwhile the pastor of the man charged with killing the missing Deltona mother is still waiting for his chance to meet him at the Volusia County Jail.
Pastor Herbert Lopez of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Deltona believes he can get Toledo to confess where the bodies of Suarez, his wife and her two young children can be found.
Lopez got the go-ahead on Monday to speak with Toledo.
Toledo has been charged with second-degree murder for the presumed death of Suarez, but he told investigators someone else killed her two children, 8-year-old Michael and 9-year-old Thalia Otto.
“That’s why we have Tim here and Texas EquuSearch to hopefully guide us in that direction. We feel like we have an army searching out there fighting a war against one person. But like I always say, we can’t lose hope. We have to stay focused,” Ruben Perez said.
Meanwhile, Texas EquuSearch Founder Tim Miller said he is planning on renting a helicopter soon. However, after days of searching Texas EquuSearch said they have not made any significant progress.
“I guess the biggest update we have is frustrations. A lot of frustrations,” Miller said.
Texas EquuSearch said they will focus their search on Wednesday in Seminole County.
“Hopefully, he will tell us. Give us answers to our questions, let us start having our closure,” Ruben Perez said.