Amber Leet Estep.Photo:Brevard County Sheriff’s Office
Brevard County Sheriff’s Office
A woman’s body was found a day after authorities questioned her husband about her disappearance and found his pickup truck engulfed in flames, according to Florida officials.
The day before, investigators had interviewed her husband Brian Estep about her disappearance, said the sheriff’s office. Within a few hours after the interview, witnesses reported seeing Brian’s pickup truck engulfed in flames.
In the interview, Brian said that the two had been in an argument, and he had dropped Amber off on the side of a highwayafter she requested to be let out of the vehicle, authorities said.
Brian Estep’s pickup truck.Brevard County Sheriff’s Office
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In aGoFundMeset up for Amber’s funeral, her family said she was “a sweet and loving young woman who was taken from this world before her time.”
“Nobody deserves to go through anything like this,” read part of the fundraiser.
“My family and I are devastated,” hewroteTuesday, adding that his family had lost two other members in the last three years.
“I love you Amber. I’m so sorry I wasn’t there to protect you. I will see you again,” he wrote.
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said they are working with fire marshals to determine the circumstances surrounding the fire. They said Amber’s death is being investigated as a homicide but provided no further information regarding the nature of her injuries, and did not discuss suspects or arrests.
source: people.com
