KEY BISCAYNE, FLA. (WSVN) - Miami-Dade Police and cold case detectives are intensifying efforts to locate Jorge Walter Nuñez Paz, a fugitive accused of murdering his wife and young daughter in 1985, as well as committing multiple counts of sexual battery on his two older daughters.
Paz Nuñez, believed to be between 74 and 75 years old, has been on the run for decades after these severe allegations surfaced. On Tuesday, a news conference was held where detectives and the two surviving daughters of Paz Nuñez hope to shine a light on this crime so the community can help locate this criminal.
“It’s not right that people have been affected by this, have lost their lives, and he’s just out there walking on the streets” said Gloria Hampton, one of Paz Nuñez’s victims and daughter. “If you find him and you know where he’s at, turn him in. You’re doing society a favor.”
Hampton recounted the vicious murder of her mother. She was only 4-years-old at the time.
“Led him to taking a bag of bottles and he beat her with it,” she said. “I just remember the three of us just crying and screaming.”
She was only 4 years old at the time of the mother’s murder.
“Then the next thing I remember was being outside, and I remember he was trying to dig, because I guess, he put her in a bag, this army green colored duffle bag that he was trying to stuff her body into and I remember digging and helping him dig her.”
By her side were her two sisters who were also watching their father bury their mother. Hampton said they all feared her father.
“For my sister, she remembers helping him with the dismemberment and everything. I also remember him just tossing the bag into the bay,” said Hampton.
The bag, with the mother’s body, was found along the water in Virginia Key.
“As soon as that murdered occured, we believe that’s when he began moving from Key Biscayne with the young girls and moving them throughout Miami-Dade County,” said Miami-Dade Cold Case Detective Jonathan Grossman.
Additionally, Hampton said her father also killed her little sister, Alicia, who was only three, a few weeks later.
“And blamed her for not eating the cereal and he got so enraged where he knocked her unconcious and he put her in a bag and he went outside and he threw her in a dumpster,” said Hampton.
Alicia’s body was never found.
Eventually, the girls were taken away by the Florida Department of Children and Families in the late 80s’ after her father went to prison for sexually abusing a young friend of theirs.
The police released a flyer during the conference containing recent photographs and information about Nuñez Paz, who also goes by the aliases Raphael Guzman. He was last known to have been deported to Peru in 2004 and is considered armed and dangerous.
“We do believe that once he was deported, he obviously made it back to Peru. There was some activity from him in 2020. What that is was very minimal but his address did surface with a picture,” said Grossman. “Somebody as dangerous as this individual, doesn’t just stop committing crimes.”
Nuñez Paz faces charges including two counts of second-degree murder related to the deaths of his wife and three-year-old biological daughter, along with seven counts of sexual battery on a minor.
“Nothing has happened to him, you know, he hasn’t paid for it,” said Hampton. “If you find him and you know where he’s at, turn him in. You are doing society a favor.”
The detectives are widely spreading this information widely, including in Boston where Nuñez Paz has relatives, and in Peru where he was last seen. The case has also been featured on “America’s Most Wanted” to maximize exposure and aid in his capture.
“We believe there are people locally, as well as in Massachusetts, possibly New Jersey, that have or may have information as to his whereabouts,” said Grossman.
Authorities urge anyone with information about Nuñez Paz’s whereabouts to contact Detective Grossman at (305) 471-2400 or Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS (8477). Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.
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