The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office does not expect to file any criminal charges as part of its investigation into a violent machete attack against a female liveaboard in Boot Key Harbor in the early morning hours of Sept. 28.
The case appears to be one of self-defense. The State Attorney’s Office will also review the facts of the case.
Crystal Marie Young, 45, was seriously injured by a man with a machete who boarded her boat and cut her on the head, arms, hands and other parts of her body. Young was released from Jackson South Medical Center in Miami Wednesday afternoon. Detectives interviewed Young. Young stated that a man, Gustavo Torna Aguado, 58, also a liveaboard in Boot Key Harbor, entered, without her permission, her 27-foot sailboat anchored near Boot Key Bridge, and attacked her with a machete. Young stated she was able to grab a knife and stab Torna Aguado in self-defense.
Torna Aguado was found dead in the mangroves of Boot Key the following morning after an extended search by the Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The wounds suffered by Young and those wounds suffered by Torna Aguado were consistent with Young’s version of events. In other words: Young’s wounds are consistent with those suffered during an attack. Torna Aguado’s wounds are consistent with those inflicted by someone attempting to defend themselves.
Autopsy results for Torna Aguado are pending.
There are no other suspects in this case.
Young and Torna Aguado knew each other and may have been romantically linked at one time, however, they did not live on the same boat. They were not married.