Police said a woman who came from Orlando with her 3-year-old daughter was rescued from a Miami apartment after asking a friend for help.

MIAMI, Fla. — A Miami man was arrested after police said a woman who traveled from Orlando with her toddler for a first date told officers he stopped her from leaving his apartment, covered her mouth and nose, and kept her inside until police arrived before dawn.

Authorities identified the suspect as Saady Mijail Castellanos Triminio, 34. Investigators said the case began as a dating-app meeting and quickly became a criminal case that now includes allegations of false imprisonment, robbery, child neglect and battery by strangulation. The woman’s account, together with statements police said Castellanos Triminio later made after receiving his rights, placed the case on a fast track from a private apartment in Miami to jail, court review and protective orders.

According to police, the woman met Castellanos Triminio earlier in February on a social media dating app. After speaking by phone, she agreed to travel from Orlando to Miami on Friday with her 3-year-old daughter. CBS Miami reported that police said he offered to buy her train ticket and that the trip was supposed to mark his birthday. The woman told investigators she arrived in Miami around 5:30 p.m. expecting to go out to eat. Instead, police said, Castellanos Triminio picked her up at the station, bought pizza and brought her and the child to his apartment in the 7800 block of Northeast Bayshore Court. Once inside, she told officers she grew uneasy. Police wrote in the arrest affidavit that she noticed the bathroom had no toilet paper and described the home as dirty. When he asked for a hug and kiss, she said no and told him they were just friends.

That was the point, police said, when the night changed. As the woman gathered her belongings and said she wanted to leave, investigators wrote that Castellanos Triminio became angry and told her it was too dangerous to go outside. Police said he bear-hugged her and physically kept her from exiting the room. The woman then used her phone to text a friend that she was in trouble, according to the affidavit. Investigators said Castellanos Triminio grabbed the phone, and when she screamed, he covered her mouth and nose with his hand. The woman told officers she could not breathe. She later managed to break away, get into a locked room with her daughter and call the same friend. That friend called 911. Police told the friend to stay on the line and have the woman make noise so officers could locate her once they reached the apartment. Officers arrived shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, and police said Castellanos Triminio opened the door as they moved in to rescue the woman and child.

Officers said the woman had bruises on both arms but did not need medical treatment at the scene. Police also said the child witnessed the encounter, a detail that added to the seriousness of the case. Investigators listed the charges as strong-arm robbery, child neglect, false imprisonment and battery by strangulation. The robbery allegation appears tied to the claim that he took the woman’s phone as she tried to call for help. The strangulation-related count stems from her statement that he covered her mouth and nose and blocked her breathing. Police did not publicly identify the woman or child. The records released in news coverage also do not answer several important questions, including how long the woman and child were inside the apartment before the confrontation turned physical, whether prosecutors will file any additional counts, or whether any surveillance video, phone records or forensic testing will become part of the case later.

The apartment’s location on Northeast Bayshore Court placed the incident in a residential part of Miami, far from the woman’s home in Orlando and after a lengthy train trip with a small child. That context gave added weight to the woman’s claim that she was isolated once the date plans changed. Police records cited in local reporting said she expected dinner outside the apartment and instead found herself in a home that made her uncomfortable almost immediately. The detail about the bathroom lacking toilet paper drew attention because investigators included it as one of the first signs she associated with trouble. In the affidavit, though, police treated it as part of a broader description: a first impression that the home was unclean, the mood was off and the date was not unfolding as promised. That sequence matters because it helps explain why she tried to leave before the alleged violence escalated.

After officers detained Castellanos Triminio, police said they advised him of his Miranda rights and questioned him. According to the arrest affidavit, he admitted “to the incident in its entirety” and said he stopped the woman from leaving because he believed it was too dangerous outside. Police said he also admitted covering her mouth and nose because he did not want to alert neighbors. Those statements, if presented in court, could become central evidence because they go directly to restraint and to the woman’s claim that she could not call out. CBS Miami reported that a judge later set bond at $17,500, placed an immigration hold on him and issued a stay-away order for the victim. Jail status and bond conditions can change as a case moves forward, and the next milestones are expected to include formal charging decisions, court dates and any motions tied to release conditions or evidence.

By the time officers reached the apartment, the case had already become a chain of quiet signals: a text to a friend, a locked room, a 911 call from somewhere else, and police at the door in the middle of the night. Those details give the story its human scale. The woman was not alone; her daughter was with her through the trip, the alleged assault and the wait for police. The friend on the phone became a crucial link between the apartment and the officers trying to find them. Police have not released the friend’s name, and the child remains unidentified. But the affidavit makes clear that the rescue depended on the woman being able to reach someone outside the apartment and on officers responding quickly enough to intervene before the situation worsened.

While Castellanos Triminio remains in the Miami-Dade criminal system, the case is moving through early court steps. The next key developments are expected to be prosecutor filings, scheduled hearings and any public release of additional court records.

Author note: Last updated March 23, 2026.