On December 13, 2023, at the Yolanda Villas Condominium, 801 Northwest 47th Avenue in Miami’s Flagami area, 22-year-old Isbelsy Olivera Cartalla and her mother, 50-year-old Irisbel Cartalla, were found shot to death inside their apartment just after 9 a.m. Witnesses and security footage say the suspect, identified as 48-year-old Carlos Alexander Travieso, an ex-boyfriend of Isbelsy Olivera, waited for a client to leave, followed another person into the unit, retrieved a concealed firearm and ambushed the two women. A witness saw Irisbel Cartalla shot at least once. Travieso fled in an unknown vehicle but later surrendered to the West Miami Police Department and reportedly said in Spanish that he had assassinated the two women; he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and ordered held without bond.

Neighbors described the women as hardworking and very nice; Irisbel worked as a custodian at the condominium and Isbelsy gave manicures from their unit. Police are investigating how Travieso gained access to the secured complex, which has a security associate at the front gate. If anyone knew the victims or has information about how the suspect entered the building, please come forward.