Man accused of killing 16-year-old appears in court

Family and friends are now coming together to remember 16-year-old Victoria Perez. Investigators say Victoria was murdered by her boyfriend this weekend in Spring Hill. Her loved ones gathered for a vigil today, hours after 19-year-old Robert Timmons made appearance in court charged with murdering Victoria. FOX 13's Aaron Mesmer was there tonight. Has more from Newport Beach. Victoria Perez's loved ones are heartbroken after losing someone so young and they're remembering her as a young woman who touched so many lives in such a short period of time. Victoria's family and friends gathered at Lake Lisa Park in Port Richey for a vigil Tuesday evening. Pasco County detectives say the 16-year-old was murdered by her boyfriend, 19-year-old Robert Timmons, over the weekend. Timmons made his first court appearance this afternoon and he's being held without bond for now. Victoria was initially 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 Timmons had picked her up from her apartment at about 1.15 Sunday 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. According to the sheriff, Timmons admitted to the crime We talked with some of Victoria's loved ones before the vigil about how much she'll be missed. Victoria, she mean everything to us. She was curious, always wanted to have fun, and we just always wanted to see her happy, so anything we could do. To make her happy, that's what we do. Pasco County Sheriff Jeff Harrington described the relationship between Timmons and Victoria as toxic and tumultuous. But the sheriff says in this case, there was no known history of reported violence between Timmons and Victoria. But he adds that doesn't mean there wasn't also violent behavior that went unreported. Timmons, meanwhile, has another case that's currently pending. It's unclear how each of these cases will affect one another. He's due back in court on Friday. In Pasco County, Aaron Mesmer, Fox 13 News.