The estranged father of a nine-year-old girl who was missing with her mom was not at Kendall Regional Medical Center on Saturday.
Gustavo Castaño was taken there after he used a box cutter to cut his neck, while in a truck at the parking lot of a Home Depot in Hialeah Gardens, police said. The self-inflicted injuries were not serious, police said.
"He threatened to harm himself to the officers, as they were approaching," Detective Alvaro Zavaleta said.
Police were looking for him, after receiving a tip that he wanted to commit suicide. They searched a lake in the area where they found him. On Wednesday, police also searched his home in West Miami-Dade and a warehouse where he works in Medley.
Detectives were working long hours to answer one question: Where is Liliana Moreno and her daughter Daniela? They suspect foul play.
"To me it seems like someone can't live with their conscience," said Xiomara Valentin, Moreno's cousin.
Moreno and her family did not have a good relationship with Castaño, who as of last year was listed as Moreno's business partner in Florida records.
Moreno and her daughter vanished earlier this week. Her family reported them missing on Tuesday. Detectives said they found items in the kitchen that suggested that she was in the middle of preparing a meal. Her wallet was in the apartment and her car was in the parking lot.
The Moreno family was distributing flyers in the Doral area with photos of Moreno. They believe Moreno shot them at Dolphin Mall on Sunday.
"My family is worried," Moreno's brother Eduardo Moreno said.
