Case No. DHF-072 | Subject: Victoria Perez, 16, of Spring Hill, Florida, reported missing on Sunday morning, 8 November 2026, and found dead hours later in a wooded area near Crela Drive; Robert Anthony Timmons, 19, her boyfriend, was arrested on Monday 9 November 2026 and charged with first-degree murder | Date: Saturday 7 November 2026 (last seen); Sunday 8 November 2026 (reported missing; body found); Monday 9 November 2026 (arrest and charge announced) | Location: Spring Hill, Pasco County, Florida, USA | Status: CHARGED
Posted: 10 November 2026
Status stamp: CHARGED
Image note for readers: All images in this file are original illustrations created for Dark History Files. They are atmospheric artwork, not photographs and not real evidence. No image in this file depicts Victoria Perez, Robert Anthony Timmons, any member of any family, any investigator, any official, or any real person, and no image depicts any act of violence, any death, any arrest, or any weapon.
Caption: Case card for DHF-072 — Victoria Perez, Spring Hill, Florida. Status: CHARGED.
THE FILE CARD
| Case File No. | DHF-072 |
| Subject | Victoria Perez, 16, of Spring Hill, Pasco County, Florida, was reported missing by her family at about 7 a.m. on Sunday 8 November 2026, after she was last seen on Saturday night. At about 11:24 a.m. that Sunday, deputies found her dead in a wooded area near Crela Drive in Spring Hill, about 15 feet from the roadway. Robert Anthony Timmons, 19, her boyfriend, was arrested on Monday 9 November 2026 and charged with first-degree murder. |
| Date | Saturday 7 November 2026 (last seen, about 8 p.m.); Sunday 8 November 2026 (reported missing, about 7 a.m.; body found, about 11:24 a.m.); Monday 9 November 2026 (arrest and charge announced). |
| Location | Spring Hill, Pasco County, Florida, USA — last seen in the Chiloe Street area; body found in a wooded area near Crela Drive (16,500 Crela Drive). |
| Status | CHARGED |
| Investigating authorities | Pasco Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Jeff Harrington, with the agency's Dive and Underwater Recovery Team searching for the firearm. |
| Person charged | Robert Anthony Timmons, 19, charged with first-degree murder. He is charged, not convicted, and is presumed innocent. The sheriff says Timmons admitted during questioning that he shot Perez during an argument; the admission is an allegation reported by the sheriff, not a finding by a court. |
| One-line summary | A 16-year-old girl from Spring Hill, Florida, was reported missing on Sunday morning and found dead hours later in a wooded area near the road; the next day her 19-year-old boyfriend was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, while the sheriff says the investigation is still active. |
Why this file is stamped CHARGED: The stamp records only the position as it stands on 10 November 2026. The Pasco Sheriff's Office says Victoria Perez, 16, was reported missing at about 7 a.m. on Sunday 8 November 2026, and that deputies found her dead at about 11:24 a.m. that day in a wooded area near Crela Drive in Spring Hill, about 15 feet from the roadway. On Monday 9 November 2026, the sheriff's office announced that Robert Anthony Timmons, 19, had been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Sheriff Jeff Harrington said at a news conference that Timmons admitted during questioning that he shot Perez during an argument in his vehicle. That admission is reported here as the sheriff's account of what Timmons said — it is an allegation, not a finding by a court. Timmons is charged, not convicted, and he is presumed innocent. No plea, court date, attorney detail or bond amount has been publicly reported in the sources relied on here, and detectives have not said what led to the argument. The firearm has not been recovered; the sheriff's Dive and Underwater Recovery Team is searching a nearby body of water. If a plea, a court date, a bond decision, a recovery of the firearm, or any further official statement follows, this file will be updated, dated, and re-stamped if the facts require it — never quietly rewritten.
THE CASE
Saturday night
Victoria Perez was 16, and she lived in Spring Hill, Pasco County, north of Tampa on Florida's west coast. On Saturday 7 November 2026, she was last seen in the evening. One report places the last sighting at about 8 p.m. in the Shady Hills area; another places it in the Chiloe Street area of Spring Hill. Both are Spring Hill, and the sources relied on here do not settle the street or the hour beyond that — only that a 16-year-old girl was seen on Saturday night, and then not seen again.
Her family reported her missing at about 7 a.m. on Sunday 8 November; the sheriff's office began searching. That is the whole of the public record of the hours between the last sighting and the missing-person report: a Saturday night, a Sunday morning, and a family who could not find their daughter.
There is no account in the sources relied on here of what Victoria Perez was doing on Saturday night, or who she was with, or where she was going. A 16-year-old's life is not a paragraph in a sheriff's briefing, and this file will not pretend that a paragraph is all there was.
The hours in between
The sheriff's account of the night fills in the hours between the last sighting and the missing-person report — reported here as he gave it, not as a finding by a court.
According to Sheriff Jeff Harrington, Perez got into a vehicle driven by Robert Anthony Timmons — 19, and described by the sheriff's office as her boyfriend — at about 1:15 a.m. on Sunday 8 November. The two got into an argument in the vehicle, the sheriff said, and the argument escalated. Timmons allegedly shot Perez inside the vehicle.
That is the allegation, in the plainest terms the sources allow. This file says "shot" and no more: the sheriff's briefing gave further detail about the shooting, and this file does not repeat it, because a 16-year-old's death does not need to be described in order to be understood. What matters for the record is what the sheriff says happened — a 16-year-old girl, shot in a vehicle during an argument — and what is charged.
The sheriff also said that after the shooting, Timmons drove to a nearby spot and left Perez's body in a wooded area near the road, and later disposed of the firearm in a nearby body of water. The sheriff's Dive and Underwater Recovery Team is searching for the weapon, and the vehicle and an apartment in the complex are being processed for evidence.
None of this has been tested in court. Timmons is charged, not convicted, and the account of the night comes from the sheriff's office — the party bringing the charge. This file records it as the sheriff gave it, attributes it to him, and goes no further. What happened inside that vehicle is, for now, the sheriff's account of an alleged admission, and the court process is where it will be tested.
Sunday morning
The search that began at about 7 a.m. lasted four hours. At about 11:24 a.m., deputies responded to a report of a deceased person in a wooded area near Crela Drive. They found Perez about 15 feet from the roadway and identified her as the missing teenager.
The address given in the reporting is 16,500 Crela Drive, in Spring Hill. The sources do not say who made the call that led deputies there, what the caller saw, or how long Perez had been there — or when she died, or whether she died in the vehicle or after being left by the road. This file does not fill in those details, because the sources do not give them.
What the record establishes is the shape of the morning: a family reported a 16-year-old missing at about 7 a.m., deputies searched, and by late morning the search had become a death investigation. A girl who had been seen on Saturday night was found dead on Sunday morning, in a wooded area a short distance from the road.
The arrest
The investigation moved fast after the body was found: detectives spoke with people who knew Perez and Timmons, reviewed surveillance footage, identified a vehicle associated with Timmons, and located him for questioning.
During questioning, the sheriff said, Timmons first denied knowing much about Perez's whereabouts, then acknowledged picking her up from her family's apartment complex and admitted shooting her. That sequence — the denial, then the admission — is the sheriff's account of the interview, reported here as he gave it at the news conference.
On Monday 9 November 2026, the Pasco Sheriff's Office announced that Timmons had been arrested and charged with first-degree murder — one report words it as first-degree premeditated murder — the most serious homicide charge the state brings, alleging that the killing was deliberate.
Timmons remains in custody while detectives continue the investigation, according to the sheriff's office. No plea, no court date, no attorney detail and no bond amount has been publicly reported in the sources relied on here. A day after an arrest, the court record ordinarily fills in slowly — first appearances, bond hearings, preliminary hearings — and the reporting follows it. This file was written before any of that has been publicly reported, and it says so plainly rather than guessing at it.
The relationship
The one piece of background the sheriff gave about the two of them is also the one most repeated: friends and family members described the couple's relationship as "tumultuous" and "toxic", Sheriff Harrington said. Those are the words the sheriff attributed to the people who knew them, and this file keeps them as his attribution, not as its own description.
The sheriff also said that the sheriff's office was not aware of any previous reports of violence involving the couple, and that Perez's parents were aware of problems in the relationship and had been trying to help their daughter distance herself from it. "Her parents were engaged. They were trying to get help. They were taking steps to try to insulate her from that type of relationship that she was in," Harrington said.
That is the whole of the public record about the relationship: troubled, in the words of the people who knew them; no previous violence reported to the authorities; and parents who were trying to help. This file does not go further, and it does not treat the parents' efforts as a judgement on them, or on anyone else. A 16-year-old in a relationship her parents were worried about is a fact of this case. What it means, and whether it explains anything about the night, is a question the public record does not answer, because detectives have not said what led to the argument.
The sheriff used the news conference to make a wider point, and it is worth recording because it is the only general statement in the record. He urged parents to stay involved in their children's lives and to make time to listen — "Just communicate, be engaged, be caring" — and said that domestic violence is never acceptable, urging victims and families facing abuse to seek help. The National Domestic Violence Hotline — 1-800-799-7233 — is listed in the information box at the end of this file, as it is in the reporting.
The charge
Robert Anthony Timmons, 19, is charged with first-degree murder. He is charged, not convicted, and he is presumed innocent until a court finds otherwise.
Those three sentences are the whole of the legal record in this file. A charge is an accusation: the state's claim that a person committed a crime, tested in court by evidence, by a plea, or by a trial. Nothing in the public record relied on here says what evidence the state holds beyond the sheriff's account of the interview and the surveillance footage, what Timmons is alleged to have done beyond what the sheriff has said, whether he has entered a plea, or when he is next due in court. No attorney has been named for him, and no bond amount has been reported.
That is not unusual a day after an arrest. But it is worth stating plainly, because the sheriff's account of the night is detailed and confident, and a detailed account can look like a settled one. It is not settled: the admission the sheriff described is an allegation, the surveillance footage has been described, not shown, and the firearm has not been found. Until the court process begins in the public record, the legal half of this file stays open, and the stamp stays CHARGED.
What the police have not said
It is worth setting down what the police have not said, because the gaps are the shape of this case.
They have not said what led to the argument, or what it was about. They have not said when exactly Perez died, or where — whether in the vehicle or after she was left by the road. They have not said who called deputies to the wooded area near Crela Drive, or what the caller reported. They have not said what the surveillance footage shows, what evidence was found in the vehicle or the apartment, or whether anyone else was involved. They have not said when Timmons will appear in court, what plea he will enter, or who represents him.
There is one further gap, and it is the one this file treats with the most caution. The sheriff's account of the night rests, in large part, on what he says Timmons told investigators, and that account has not been tested in court. No court filing has been published in the sources relied on here. Until it is tested, the account stays an allegation — a detailed one, given by the sheriff at a news conference, but an allegation all the same.
None of those gaps is unusual a day after an arrest in a case that moved from a missing-person report to a murder charge in about thirty hours, and none of them is a criticism of the sheriff's office. An investigation that found a missing 16-year-old, identified a suspect, and made an arrest within a day is moving fast — but a file that pretends the gaps are not there would be a worse record than a file that lists them.
What is still open
The most immediate open fact is the court process. A 19-year-old is charged with first-degree murder and remains in custody; what happens next — first appearance, plea, bond decision, next dates, trial — has not been reported, because it has not happened yet in the public record. Until it is reported, the legal half of this file stays open. Timmons is charged, not convicted, and he is presumed innocent.
The second open fact is the firearm: the sheriff says Timmons disposed of it in a nearby body of water; the Dive and Underwater Recovery Team is searching. Until it is found, or the search is called off, a piece of evidence the sheriff's account depends on is still missing.
The third open fact is the motive. Detectives have not said what led to the argument. The sheriff has said the relationship was described as troubled by the people who knew them, and that the parents were trying to help their daughter step back from it — but none of that is a motive. Until the police say more, any account of why a 16-year-old was shot in a vehicle in the early hours of a Sunday morning is speculation, and this file carries none of it.
The fourth open fact is the simplest one: a 16-year-old girl was reported missing on a Sunday morning and found dead hours later in a wooded area near the road, and the next day her 19-year-old boyfriend was charged with her murder. Until the charge is tested in court, and until the police say more about what happened in that vehicle, the file stays open, and the stamp stays CHARGED.
TIMELINE
- Saturday 7 November 2026, about 8 p.m.: Victoria Perez, 16, is last seen in Spring Hill, Florida — in the Chiloe Street area, according to Tampa Bay 28; Fox 13 places the last sighting in the Shady Hills area. — Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
- Sunday 8 November 2026, about 1:15 a.m.: Perez gets into a vehicle driven by Robert Anthony Timmons, 19, according to the Pasco Sheriff's Office. The two get into an argument that escalates, according to the sheriff. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
- Sunday 8 November 2026, about 7 a.m.: Perez's family reports her missing. The Pasco Sheriff's Office begins searching. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
- Sunday 8 November 2026, about 11:24 a.m.: Deputies respond to a report of a deceased person in a wooded area near Crela Drive (16,500 Crela Drive) in Spring Hill. They find Perez about 15 feet from the roadway and identify her as the missing teenager. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
- Sunday 8 November – Monday 9 November 2026: Detectives speak with people who knew Perez and Timmons, review surveillance footage, identify a vehicle associated with Timmons, and locate him for questioning. During questioning, Timmons first denies knowing much about Perez's whereabouts, then acknowledges picking her up from her family's apartment complex and admits shooting her, according to Sheriff Jeff Harrington. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
- Monday 9 November 2026: The Pasco Sheriff's Office announces that Robert Anthony Timmons, 19, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Sheriff Jeff Harrington holds a news conference. The sheriff's Dive and Underwater Recovery Team is searching a nearby body of water for the firearm, and investigators are processing Timmons' vehicle and an apartment in the complex. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
- As of Tuesday 10 November 2026: Timmons remains in custody. No plea, court date, attorney detail or bond amount has been publicly reported in the sources relied on here. The firearm has not been recovered. Detectives have not said what led to the argument. The investigation remains active. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
EVIDENCE & LEADS
- The last sighting (Saturday 7 November 2026, about 8 p.m.): Perez was last seen on Saturday night in Spring Hill — in the Chiloe Street area, according to Tampa Bay 28; Fox 13 places the last sighting in the Shady Hills area. The sources do not settle the street or the hour beyond that. — Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
- The missing-person report (Sunday 8 November 2026, about 7 a.m.): Perez's family reported her missing at about 7 a.m. on Sunday, and the Pasco Sheriff's Office began searching. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
- The vehicle (Sunday 8 November 2026, about 1:15 a.m.): according to the Pasco Sheriff's Office, Perez got into a vehicle driven by Timmons at about 1:15 a.m. on Sunday. The two got into an argument that escalated, according to the sheriff. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
- The shooting (alleged): Timmons allegedly shot Perez inside the vehicle during the argument, according to the sheriff's office. During questioning, Timmons eventually admitted picking Perez up and shooting her, according to Sheriff Jeff Harrington. The admission is the sheriff's account of the interview, not a finding by a court. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
- The body (Sunday 8 November 2026, about 11:24 a.m.): deputies responded to a report of a deceased person in a wooded area near Crela Drive (16,500 Crela Drive) in Spring Hill and found Perez about 15 feet from the roadway. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
- The firearm: the sheriff says Timmons disposed of the firearm in a nearby body of water after the shooting. The Pasco Sheriff's Office Dive and Underwater Recovery Team is searching for it. It has not been recovered. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
- The evidence being processed: investigators are processing Timmons' vehicle and an apartment in the complex. No findings from that processing have been publicly reported in the sources relied on here. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
- The relationship: friends and family members described the couple's relationship as "tumultuous" and "toxic", Sheriff Harrington said. The sheriff also said the sheriff's office was not aware of any previous reports of violence involving the couple, and that Perez's parents were aware of problems in the relationship and had been trying to help their daughter distance herself from it. — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
- The charge (Monday 9 November 2026): Robert Anthony Timmons, 19, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. One report words the charge as first-degree premeditated murder; the others say first-degree murder. Timmons is charged, not convicted, and is presumed innocent. — Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full); PEOPLE (read in full); Fox 13 News (read in full).
- The sheriff's words: "This was a tragic, tragic event, and we have a 16-year-old young woman who will never see her 18th birthday, and that is just a terrible, tragic outcome," Sheriff Jeff Harrington said at the news conference. He also urged parents to stay involved in their children's lives: "Just communicate, be engaged, be caring." — PEOPLE (read in full); Tampa Bay 28, 9 November 2026 (read in full).
- What is NOT evidence in this file: any account of what led to the argument (detectives have not said); any account of when or where exactly Perez died (not stated); any account of who called deputies to Crela Drive (not reported); any account of what the surveillance footage shows, or what was found in the vehicle or the apartment (not reported); any account of a plea, court date, attorney or bond (not reported); the exact place of the shooting beyond the sheriff's account (alleged, not tested in court); any claim from social-media comments about who is responsible, or about the relationship between the two named here (NOT used — see the fact log).
Caption: Illustration of a Florida roadside at dusk — atmospheric artwork, not a photograph of any place connected to this case, and not evidence.
STILL UNKNOWN
- What led to the argument? Detectives have not said what the argument between Perez and Timmons was about, or what led to it.
- When and where exactly did Perez die? The sources say she was shot in the vehicle, according to the sheriff, and found dead hours later in a wooded area near Crela Drive. They do not say when she died, or whether she died in the vehicle or after being left by the road.
- Who called deputies to Crela Drive? The sources do not say who made the call at about 11:24 a.m. on Sunday, or what the caller reported.
- Where is the firearm? The sheriff says Timmons disposed of it in a nearby body of water. The Dive and Underwater Recovery Team is searching. It has not been recovered.
- What does the evidence show? Detectives are processing Timmons' vehicle and an apartment in the complex, and reviewed surveillance footage. No findings from that processing have been publicly reported, and the footage has been described, not shown.
- What will happen to the charge against Robert Anthony Timmons? He is charged with first-degree murder. He is charged, not convicted, and is presumed innocent. No plea, court date, attorney detail or bond amount has been publicly reported in the sources relied on here.
- Was anyone else involved? No source relied on here says anyone else was involved, and no source says anyone else was not. The question is not addressed in the public record relied on here.
What would change this file: if the firearm is recovered, or the search for it is called off; if the police say what led to the argument, or release findings from the vehicle, the apartment, or the surveillance footage; if a plea, court date, attorney detail or bond amount is reported for Timmons; if the charge against him is dropped, or a conviction follows; or if any further official statement is made about the case, this file will be updated with the date, the source, and the new stamp if the facts require it — never quietly rewritten. Until then, the stamp stays CHARGED.
If you have information: The Pasco Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of Victoria Perez. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Pasco Sheriff's Office Crime Tips Line at 1-800-706-2488, or submit details online at PascoSheriff.com/tips. Do not name people as suspects on social media — one man has been charged, he is presumed innocent, and the investigation is ongoing. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 — toll-free, confidential, available 24/7 in more than 170 languages — or go to thehotline.org.
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SOURCES
- PEOPLE — "19-Year-Old Arrested After His 16-Year-Old Girlfriend Is Found Dead in Florida" (https://people.com/19-year-old-arrested-after-his-16-year-old-girlfriend-is-found-dead-in-florida-12246143, read in full, 10 November 2026): Robert Timmons was arrested on Monday, Nov. 9, in connection with the death of Victoria Perez, whose body was discovered in Spring Hill the previous day, according to the Pasco Sheriff's Office; Perez's family reported her missing around 7 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8; she had last been seen the previous evening in the area of Spring Hill; around 11:24 a.m., deputies responded to a report of a deceased person in a wooded area near Crela Drive and found Perez approximately 15 feet from the roadway; friends and family members described the couple's relationship as "tumultuous" and "toxic", Sheriff Jeff Harrington said; detectives reviewed surveillance footage, which helped them identify a vehicle associated with Timmons; Perez had gotten into a vehicle driven by Timmons around 1:15 a.m. on Nov. 8, and the two allegedly got into an argument that escalated; Timmons allegedly shot Perez inside the vehicle before driving to a nearby location and leaving her body in the wooded area; during questioning, Timmons initially denied knowing much about Perez's whereabouts, then acknowledged picking her up from her family's apartment complex; after the shooting, Timmons allegedly disposed of the firearm in a nearby body of water, and the Dive and Underwater Recovery Team is continuing to search for it; investigators are processing the vehicle and an apartment within the complex; "This was a tragic, tragic event, and we have a 16-year-old young woman who will never see her 18th birthday, and that is just a terrible, tragic outcome," the sheriff said; the investigation remains active. The National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233, thehotline.org) is listed in the article.
- Tampa Bay 28 (WFTS) — "Boyfriend charged with murdering 16-year-old Spring Hill girl", 9 November 2026 (https://www.tampabay28.com/news/region-pasco/pasco-sheriff-16-year-old-girl-allegedly-shot-killed-by-boyfriend, read in full, 10 November 2026): a 19-year-old man is charged with first-degree murder after investigators say he shot and killed his 16-year-old girlfriend, Victoria Perez, during an argument before leaving her body along a Spring Hill road; Perez was reported missing by her family around 7 a.m. Sunday, last seen Saturday night in the Chiloe Street area of Spring Hill; about four hours after deputies began searching, authorities received a call about a body near 16,500 Crela Drive and found Perez dead approximately 15 feet off the roadway; detectives identified her boyfriend, Robert Anthony Timmons, as a suspect after speaking with family members and friends, who described the couple's relationship as "tumultuous" and "toxic", Sheriff Jeff Harrington said; Perez got into Timmons' vehicle around 1:15 a.m. Sunday, and the two got into an argument that escalated when Timmons produced a gun and shot her; Timmons initially lied to investigators about his knowledge of Perez's whereabouts, Harrington said, but he eventually admitted picking her up and shooting her; after the shooting, investigators say Timmons drove behind the apartment complex and left Perez's body along Crela Drive; Harrington said investigators were unaware of any previous reports of violence involving the couple, but Perez's parents were aware of problems in the relationship and had been trying to help their daughter distance herself from it; "Her parents were engaged. They were trying to get help. They were taking steps to try to insulate her from that type of relationship that she was in," Harrington said; investigators are processing the vehicle and an apartment in the complex and searching a nearby body of water where they believe the firearm may have been discarded; "This was a tragic, tragic event, and we have a 16-year-old young woman who will never see her 18th birthday," the sheriff said.
- Fox 13 News (Tampa Bay) — "Boyfriend arrested after missing 16-year-old girl found dead in Pasco County" (https://fox13news.com/news/boyfriend-arrested-after-missing-16-year-old-girl-found-dead-pasco-county, read in full, 10 November 2026): the boyfriend of a missing 16-year-old girl found dead on the side of the road in Spring Hill has been arrested, according to the Pasco Sheriff's Office; Pasco Sheriff Jeff Harrington said 16-year-old Victoria Perez was found on the side of the road just before 11:30 a.m. on Sunday near Crela Drive; deputies said Perez got into a vehicle driven by her 19-year-old boyfriend at around 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, and the pair started arguing, which ultimately escalated; the sheriff's office said Timmons shot Perez, then drove to a nearby spot and left her body just 15 feet from the road, and later threw the gun into a nearby body of water, where the dive and underwater recovery team is still searching for it; detectives have not said what led to the argument; Harrington said there was no indication that the relationship had turned violent in the past, but Perez's parents were trying to get her to end it with Timmons; Perez was reported missing after she was last seen Saturday night at around 8 p.m. in the Shady Hills area; Timmons remains in custody while detectives continue the active death investigation; anyone with information can contact the Pasco Sheriff's Office Crime Tips Line at 1-800-706-2488 or submit details online at PascoSheriff.com/tips; Harrington emphasised that domestic violence is never acceptable and urged victims or families facing abuse to seek help, and the National Domestic Violence Hotline is listed at 1-800-799-SAFE. Note: this source gives one graphic detail about the shooting that this file deliberately does not repeat (see the fact log).
- Headline Society, 10 November 2026 — "19-Year-Old Arrested After His 16-Year-Old Girlfriend Is Found Dead in Florida" (https://headlinesociety.com/2026/11/10/19-year-old-arrested-after-his-16-year-old-girlfriend-is-found-dead-in-florida/, read in search results, 10 November 2026): same facts as the sheriff's briefing (Perez reported missing early Sunday 8 November, body found in a wooded area near Crela Drive, Timmons arrested 9 November). Corroboration only.
- The Pasco Herald, 9 November 2026 — "Teenaged Punk Involved In Murder Case After Girlfriend Killed" (https://news.pascoflorida.org/teenaged-punk-involved-in-murder-case-after-girlfriend-killed/, read in search results, 10 November 2026): Victoria Perez, 16, was shot and killed by her boyfriend Robert Timmons during an argument on a Sunday morning in Spring Hill; her body was found near Crela Drive; Timmons was identified as a suspect and subsequently charged with first-degree murder; the body was found approximately 15 feet off the roadway near 16,500 Crela Drive; Timmons admitted to investigators that he shot Perez during an argument; Sheriff Harrington urged parents to communicate with their children. Corroboration only; the article's headline wording is not used anywhere in this file.
- 10 Tampa Bay News, 9 November 2026 — Instagram video (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfiaGI9nAzS/, via search results, 10 November 2026): "16-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOUND DEAD: SHERIFF SHARES DETAILS ABOUT HER DEATH AND THE MAN ARRESTED" — the sheriff explains that the family reported the girl missing on Sunday morning, that deputies located her body, and that Robert Anthony Timmons was arrested. Used only as corroboration that the charges were reported on 9 November 2026.
- Fox 13 News, 9 November 2026 — Instagram video (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DfiYk_eRbbg/, via search results, 10 November 2026): "Boyfriend accused of killing Florida teen, dumping body roadside" — the sheriff reports the arrest of Timmons and asks the public to pray for the family. Used only as corroboration that the arrest was reported on 9 November 2026.
- Social scan, 10 November 2026: social.search (Instagram/Threads/Facebook, recency-ranked, since 7 November 2026) and news-vertical searches returned the Victoria Perez case as the freshest charged case of the day — 10 Tampa Bay (140K followers), Fox 13 News (390K followers), Tampa Hoy and local news pages all posted on the arrest and charge on 9–10 November 2026, with the 10 Tampa Bay memorial post drawing 1.2K likes and 130 comments. The trending call for this pick rests on that news record plus that social record, stated honestly here. No claim in this file rests on a social-media post alone. No search-volume numbers are stated anywhere in the draft, because no tool returned any.
- No competitor article text or image is reproduced in this file. Facts are stated in Dark History Files' own words, with official material attributed to its source. No source beyond those listed above was relied on for facts in the draft. No search-volume numbers are stated, because no tool returned any.
Caption: Illustration of an empty courtroom — atmospheric artwork, not a photograph of any place connected to this case, and not evidence.
Reader question: Victoria Perez was 16, and her parents were trying to help her step back from a relationship they were worried about — but no previous violence had been reported to the authorities. While the court case runs its course, what should change so that a teenager in a troubled relationship gets help before it turns violent?
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