SANFORD, Fla. — The investigation into the deadly Winter Springs carjacking continues as investigators now say they believe the car involved was in the area of two killings on two different days.

Prior to authorities finding the green Acura, Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma said it was towed on March 19 from an Orange County apartment complex where it was found parked illegally.

The day before the carjacking and killing of Katherine Aguasvivas on April 11, he said the driver of the tow truck that removed the car, 39-year-old Juan Luis Cintron Garcia, was killed.

Right now, investigators say they are working through these new details to determine if the two crimes are connected, and if so, how.

Lemma said the green Acura was owned by a family in Winter Springs who told investigators they sold it to a car dealership in December. 

He said it was then sent to an auto auction and purchased by a “buy here, pay here operator.”

Despite the sales, Lemma said the car's title was never transferred from the owners in Winter Springs, so it was not known who may have been using it when Aguasvivas was carjacked and killed on April 11.

“The car has been out on the streets probably since February, unregistered, undocumented with a license plate,” Lemma said, noting that any license plate that was put on the car was likely "from a stolen tag."

The sheriff said investigators were fortunate that the 2002 green Acura was unique in Florida, as there were only three registered in the state. Of those, Lemma said two had been salvaged, so the car believed to be connected to the two killings was the only on the road. 

When deputies responded to Eighth Avenue in Taft to the shooting involving the tow truck driver on April 10, Lemma said, "at that scene, a green vehicle matching the description of this green vehicle was located, and there was more than 100 rounds fired at that location."

He said one of the types of rounds found at the scene was a 10mm round, which is "an incredibly unique and uncommon round for us to see out on the streets."

Garcia, who was found shot at the scene, later died at the hospital, Lemma said.

He said detectives are attempting to connect the dots as they work with colleagues from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. 

“I absolutely think they’re connected," Lemma said. "But we need to have evidence that confirms that."

He said the Acura was finally located after being towed again on April 13 from an Orange County apartment complex where it had been parked illegally. When the towing service reported the vehicle's VIN (vehicle identification number), Lemma said it matched the number of the only 2002 green Acura registered in the state.

"When the VIN number ran, we immediately knew it was our car," he said, adding that it is now in the possession of the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Despite the new developments, investigators have not been able to develop a suspect in either killing, and Lemma said the public should be cautious if they come across anyone who may have been involved.

“We still have incredibly dangerous people out there on the streets," he said. "We want to encourage our public not to approach these individuals."

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact the Seminole County Sheriff's Office.