Highland officials search for illegal immigrant suspected of murder

Officials: Suspected murderer armed and dangerous

Posted: 11/24/2010

By: Kristal Roberts
SEBRING, Fla. - Highlands authorities are conducting a man hunt for a suspected murderer they say is armed and dangerous.

The investigation for the suspect began November 19, when officials tended to Anthony Santiago, who was found with stab wounds at his Sebring home on Dolphin Drive.

Santiago, 37, was taken to the hospital, but did not survive.

Preliminary autopsy results confirmed Santiago's cause of death was a murder. The ensuing investigation led to a man that who is an illegal immigrant and had run-ins with the law.

In the suspect’s previous encounters with law enforcement, he provided other names such as “Alfredo Sanchezâ€