A man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance and death of his ex-girlfriend and the daughter he hid from his own wife, eight years after the pair disappeared in the South. Florida.

Gustavo Castaño, one of the people involved in the case from the beginning, was indicted by a federal court. grand jury in connection with two kidnappings that resulted in death Local 10 News. FBI officials announced his arrest Tuesday, a day after agents told families Castaño was in custody.

The arrest comes more than eight years after 42-year-old Liliana Moreno and their 8-year-old daughter Daniella went missing on May 30, 2016.

Lilana’s brother, Eduardo Moreno, told Local 10 News: “It’s been eight years and we haven’t heard anything from them. It was truly shocking and incredible.”

Liliana and Daniella were last seen near a Home Depot on Okeechobee Road in Hialeah Gardens, Florida. According to the FBI.

Detectives said Castaño and Liliana argued and Castaño left the mother and daughter on Turnpike Avenue near the store. NBC 6 reported. However, they were never seen or found after the argument.

The search was started after relatives called from Colombia and said that they had not heard from the family for several days. Miami Herald It was reported in 2016.

Investigators focused on Castaño, who was believed to be the last known person with Liliana and Daniella before they disappeared.

Just a few weeks into the search, Castaño stabbed himself in the throat when confronted by police inside a truck in the Home Depot parking lot. The Miami Herald reported.

He was then shot in the face with a police stun gun, causing him to lose his right eye, Miami Beach attorney Michael Grieco told the newspaper. Grieco maintained at the time that his client had nothing to do with the disappearance of the mother and daughter.

Castaño was named as a person of interest in the case and was questioned by detectives but has never been charged.

For years, the family has been handing out fliers to give clues to their whereabouts, and every year they hold a vigil outside Castano’s home, hoping he will talk.

Now that an arrest has been made, they hope to finally bring their loved ones home.

“We pray that we have hope of finding them,” said Eduardo Moreno, Liliana’s brother. “That’s the last thing you can lose; the hope that you can have them again.”