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A slain Osceola County woman's estranged husband and father-in-law have been indicted on murder charges four months after the woman’s dismembered body was found on their property.

Nicole Montalvo’s estranged husband, Christopher Otero-Rivera, 31, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on a second-degree murder charge. His father, Angel Luis Rivera, 63, is now charged with being an accessory after the fact.

Investigators said Montalvo's dismembered body was found last October on the St. Cloud property of Christopher Otero-Rivera and Angel Rivera.

Even though the men were arrested soon after the discovery, they were not formally charged with murder. They were previously arrested on charges of abuse of a dead body and evidence tampering.

The indictment comes about a month after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took the case away from Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala after a public dispute between Ayala and Osceola County Sheriff Russ Gibson.

Ayala said the following after the indictment: "When it comes to indictments, that's a very low level to establish. I don't think that should surprise anyone especially with the level of pressure that came from the Governor to make sure there was an indictment, but at this point, the real work matters."

Ayala claimed claimed Osceola deputies did not provide enough evidence to move a murder case forward.

Another point of contention was Ayala's office refused to pursue a death penalty against Otero-Rivera.

"This is in my humble opinion a death sentence case and this is what we want to see here in Osceola County," Gibson said.

DeSantis assigned the case to State Attorney Brad King.

Otero-Rivera and Rivera are already in the Osceola County Jail on other charges.

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