A man has been arrested and charged with vehicular homicide, months after an 18-year-old woman was discovered dead in a canal.

According to police, she was on a motorcycle with him before the crash that sent them airborne.

In the arrest affidavit, investigators say 24-year-old Ivan Leal Ayola was driving a motorcycle with several people on it when he decided to flee from officers.

He then crashed into a car, resulting in 18-year-old Angelina Plasencia's death . Two other women were sent to the hospital in critical condition.

"You were arrested for one count of the vehicular homicide in a reckless manner. This is from September 14 of 2025," said Miami-Dade circuit judge Mindy Glazer.

He appeared before a Miami-Dade judge on Thursday, months after police say he was driving a motorcycl

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