Boyfriend arrested in missing teen's death

First up here at six, we've got a 19-year-old in Pasco County facing a murder charge. Detectives say he admitted to shooting and killing this 16-year-old girl in Spring Hill. Sheriff Jeff Harrington said the two were in a relationship and he held a news conference about the case just a short time ago. Fox 13's Aaron Mesmer was there. He's live now from the sheriff's office in Lando Lakes. Hi there, Aaron. This is awful here. What did the sheriff have to Yeah Mark, Sheriff Jeff Harrington says that this is a case that detectives were able to bring to a sad and tragic conclusion in just a matter of a few hours over the weekend. The sheriff says this started as a missing persons case regarding 16-year-old Victoria Perez. She was reported missing at around 7 a.m. Sunday. Roughly four hours later, she was found shot to death 15 feet from the side of Creela Drive in Spring Hill. Investigators say her boyfriend, 19-year-old Robert Timmons, picked her up from her apartment at about 1.15 that same morning. The sheriff says Timmons and Victoria got into an argument in the car that turned violent and Timmons shot her in the head. Detectives say he then dumped her body behind the apartment complex where investigators found her. According to the sheriff, Timmons admitted to the crime and is now facing a murder charge. The sheriff says the relationship between Timmons and Victoria was tumultuous and toxic leading up to her death. We're unaware of anyone who has reported violence associated with this relationship, but just because there's not reported violence leading up to something like this, it doesn't mean that there isn't a propensity for violence to take place in a toxic relationship. The sheriff is also urging people who are in toxic relationships to reach out for help. Meanwhile, he says investigators at the scene and detectives who were interviewing Timmons were working together to try to quickly admit. To what happened after he initially lied about the crime and we're told detectives are now searching a body of water near that apartment complex for the gun that was used to commit the crime. They're also searching his car for more clues, Mark. All right, Aaron Mesmer live for us tonight. Aaron, thanks very much.