At the time of her abduction, Biatriz resided with her father, Jesus Vargas, in the Tropicana Apartments complex on south Oak Avenue in Sanford, Florida. Her mother, Leticia Biatriz Martinez, had visitation. A photograph and vital statistics for Martinez are posted below this case summary.

Martinez came to pick up her daughter at 10:00 p.m. on November 4, 2006. She was accompanied by several other men who threatened Vargas as he went outside and demanded that he give them his daughter. Vargas and three other men got into a fight with Martinez and her companions. Vargas and his friends were all were stabbed; one of them, Osman Javera Rivera-Alvardo, later died in the hospital. Rivera-Alvardo was Vargas's brother and Biatriz's uncle. The abductors were able to take Biatriz and ran away with her and Martinez. They fled in a white four-door compact car which may have had license plates numbered 036 JPG. The child has not been seen since, but the abduction vehicle was later located in central Florida. Martinez had been living in an apartment complex on west 25th Street in Sanford at the time her daughter went missing; when authorities went there, it was vacant. Neither she nor her daughter has been seen since the abduction.

Four days after Biatriz's abduction, an arrest warrant was issued for Martinez. She is wanted for capital murder and home invasion robbery in connection with the abduction of her daughter and the murder of Rivera-Alvardo. Similar warrants have been issued for the brothers Felix A. Lugo and Wilrobert Lugo. Photographs of the Lugo brothers are unavailable. Felix is described as Hispanic, 6'4 tall and 170 pounds with black hair and brown eyes; he was 24 years old at the time. Wilrobert is Hispanic and 6'2 tall and 170 pounds and also has black hair and brown eyes; he was 17 years old. Each of the suspects remains at large.

Martinez and Biatriz may be in New York City, New York; Mexico; or California. The child is considered to be endangered due to the violent nature of her abduction. Her case remains unsolved.