The Manatee County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) said a Bradenton man was arrested and charged with the second-degree murder of his girlfriend.

MCSO said on April 8, 2025, deputies responded to a report of an unconscious woman in a vehicle in the area of the 2000 block of 30th Avenue East in Bradenton.

Deputies said 34-year-old Yassmin Montoya was found unresponsive in the passenger seat with significant injuries.

Montoya was taken to the hospital, where she died from her injuries on April 11. According to the report, she had suffered a traumatic brain injury, facial fractures, and other extensive internal injuries.

The medical examiner ruled her death a homicide and cited blunt force trauma consistent with a prolonged, forceful physical assault, per the report.

According to MCSO, 33-year-o

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