Husband arrested in wife's disappearance after family kept getting mystery texts

A Florida man accused of murdering his missing wife allegedly sent her identification and credit cards to a relative in the Philippines as part of an elaborate effort to make it appear she was alive and living overseas, authorities said.

Epifanio IX Ramos Gaminde was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the disappearance of his wife, Maria Gaminde, whose family has had no confirmed contact with her since January 2024.

Her body has not been found, but investigators searched the couple's DeBary...