Did his killing really start with love?
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It was late at night, and all around was quiet, and occasionally the wind blew the branches and made a rattling sound, and soon it was calm again.
The boy lay quietly in bed, not sleeping, nor getting up, as if waiting for something.
I don't know how long later, the woman's suppressed crying and prayer came from the ear, followed by the man's whispered comfort... The boy seemed to have become accustomed to these sounds, and he still listened quietly, but the expression on his face was no longer calm.
By the time everything is calm again, the sky is already white, and a new day is coming.
The boy who hadn't slept all night rubbed his dry eyes, got up and sat up, and he decided he had to do that. Otherwise you may never be able to sleep...
At this time, no one knew that the boy's decision would make it difficult for many people in this small town to sleep peacefully.
Croni Is a small town in Denton County in northern Texas, with a permanent population of more than 40,000 people, and is a leisure resort with beautiful scenery and a soothing pace of life.
In the early morning of December 22, 2019, a female corpse suddenly appeared on the streets of the city of Kroni, breaking the tranquility of the small city.
Judging from the situation at the scene, the deceased was killed elsewhere and thrown here; there were no obvious wounds and blood on the surface of the body, and there were no restraint injuries and resistance injuries on the hands and feet, combined with the black plastic bag on the head of the body, the police judged that the cause of her death was probably suffocation.
The deceased's bulging abdomen also gave the police an important reminder that she was a pregnant woman.
Coincidentally, in a case of disappearance they are currently investigating, the woman who was reported missing was also pregnant and has not been seen until now. Could this deceased be the missing pregnant woman?
The detectives' doubts were quickly solved.
First, after family identification and DNA comparison, it was confirmed that the deceased was the missing woman they had been looking for for a week, Villitiana Arefaro.
Veritina Arefaro.
The autopsy results given by the forensic doctor confirmed that the deceased was strangled from behind by a neck suffocation, and the time of death was about 5 to 7 days ago, that is, when the police and family mobilized all their efforts to find Willie, she had been killed.
The news of Willie's unfortunate death has made the family members who have been looking forward to her safe return grief, and the fact of "he killed" also shows that the police's previous investigation into The disappearance of Willie is completely wrong.
A week ago, on December 17, Willie's boyfriend came to Willy's house to find her after he could not contact his girlfriend. But Willy's family was also confused when they saw him, because they always thought Thatelli was with him.
As soon as the two sides communicated, they found that things were not quite right.
The last time the boyfriend and family members saw Willie was on the evening of the 15th and the morning of the 16th; when they tried to contact Willie, they found that her phone had been turned off; after asking several of Willy's friends, they also said that they had not seen her in the past two days.
The anxious family members quickly reported the case to the police.
After the local police received the police, they first understood the basic situation of Willie.
The missing Willie is just 23 years old, is 8 months pregnant, usually lives with her parents and two younger brothers, and she has an older brother, who has established a family and lives independently.
Willie's social relationships are relatively simple, except for her family, boyfriend and a few friends, she rarely interacts with others.
The only more worrying thing is that Willie suffers from severe depression, although she has been insisting on treatment, but recently due to hormonal changes during pregnancy, the emotional ups and downs are relatively large, and the condition has recurred.
After the preliminary investigation by the police, it was also found that Willie's room was very neat, the doors and windows were intact, and her clothes and toiletries were also placed in place, and there was no abnormality.
But a handwritten note left in his room reveals a nervous atmosphere, the time of the note is the day when Willy is suspected of disappearing, and the content reveals that Willy has a tendency to kill herself and self-harm.
Therefore, the family is very worried about Willie, afraid that she may have done irreparable stupid things because of a depression attack...
In view of this, the police immediately issued a missing person alert to the whole city, calling on the public to provide clues, hoping to find Willy as soon as possible.
Police release a search notice.
But at the same time, out of caution, the police also investigated Willie's family and boyfriend as usual, but found nothing unusual.
Time passed day by day, the police mobilized almost all the forces to search, but there was no echo, and the search notices sent out were all sunk in the sea, no one had seen Willie, as if she had disappeared out of thin air.
No one expected That Willie would reappear in front of everyone that way, and her abandoned Strickland Avenue was less than 1 mile from her home.
Police investigate the scene of the body dumping.
The murder of Wei Li also made the local police feel frustrated and stressed, and it turned out that the murderer had been hiding under their eyes and dared to make a bold act of discarding the body in the public area. They must find out this wicked murderer hiding in the shadows.
The location where Wei Li was dumped was a residential area, and many residents installed surveillance equipment in front of the door, so the police called on nearby residents to provide surveillance videos from the night of the 21st to the 22nd during the discovery of the body, hoping to get a glimpse of the murderer.
The operation soon echoed.
Surveillance footage provided by the occupants not only captured the killer's handling of the body, but also clear portraits. That person turned out to be Willie's younger brother, 19-year-old Eduardo Arefalo!
Eduardo was soon taken back to the police station for investigation.
In the interrogation room, Eduardo did not "struggle" too much, and admitted the fact that he killed his sister and abandoned the body, and the cause of everything turned out to be only a "quarrel" between the sisters and brothers.
A photograph of Veritanna Arefaro's life before her death.
On the morning of the 16th, the family went out one after another, and only Two people were Left in the house, Willy and Eduardo. I don't know why, the sisters and brothers rubbed again, the two of you said a word, did not back down, and soon escalated the small friction into a quarrel.
Eduardo was also really angry, and he had already slammed the door and returned to the room, how could he calm the anger.
To be honest, he had put up with Willie for a long time. If it weren't for the fact that she was unmarried and pregnant, how could their family be "chewed on the root of their tongues" by other people in the neighborhood? Walking down the street, he could feel the strange eyes of others looking at him, and this feeling made him feel uncomfortable. And once Willie's depression attacks, their family will "darken", and everyone must carefully take care of Willie's emotions to prevent her from feeling uneasy and committing acts that hurt herself; how can she be a good mother, which is a disaster for his unborn little nephew!
The long-accumulated dissatisfaction caused Eduardo's sanity to collapse, and a thought recurred in his mind, "She (Willrie) be better if she wasn't here" "It's time to let her go"...
Finally, Eduardo made up his mind.
He opened the door and came to the living room. Willie was sitting on the couch with her back to him, unaware of the danger approaching. When Eduardo's arm was tightly wrapped around her neck, Willie reacted. But it was too late, and the disparity in physical strength made it impossible for her to get rid of Eduardo's clamps, and the suffocation caused by the compression of her neck quickly took away her sanity.
Eduardo did not relax the strength poured into his arms until Willie stopped struggling and collapsed on the couch, without breathing...
After killing his sister, Eduardo has completely lost the concept of family ethics, and he is afraid that Willie will be resurrected, so he finds a black plastic bag and wraps his sister's head.
Then, with no one at home, Eduardo put Willie's body in the trunk of his car and drove 40 miles, leaving her in a wilderness far from the city.
When he returns home after doing all this, Eduardo discovers that the family is unaware of Willie's disappearance, and he is secretly happy at the same time, but also thinking about how to cover up the matter. He remembered that Willie had repeatedly revealed suicidal thoughts due to depression, and thought that this might be a feasible idea.
So Eduardo copied Willie's handwriting and wrote a note similar to a suicide note, which was secretly placed in Willie's room.
Everything after that was exactly as Eduardo expected: because of the note, almost everyone tacitly agreed that Willie had left on his own and was likely to commit suicide, and everyone's energy was focused on finding Willow's tracks, and no one thought that Willie had been killed, let alone suspected him.
But as time went on, seeing his parents and relatives worrying about Willie's safety day and night, and immersing themselves in pain, Eduardo suddenly felt a little unbearable.
Therefore, there is a scene at the beginning of this article, and Eduardo, who has been entangled several times, finally makes up his mind to transport Willie's body back and discard it in a nearby neighborhood so that his parents know where she is and no longer have to worry about finding her day and night.
The place of the crime and the place where the body was dumped.
The truth of the matter surprised everyone.
Eduardo's parents had to face another blow after the death of their daughter, and Eduardo himself would face the double charge of murder and tampering with physical evidence, paying for his actions.
Looking back on this case, Xiaobian's biggest feeling is regret.
From the family's description, it can be known that Willie is the only girl in the family, she has always longed for her to have a sister, and therefore very much look forward to the birth of her child, Willie hopes to have a healthy and lively daughter. It can be said that the arrival of the child gave Wei Li, who was deeply depressed, unlimited expectations and expectations.
And Eduardo, in the eyes of his family, is also a warm-hearted and good child, when Willie was sick and pregnant, Eduardo was very concerned and cared for her.
Originally, the family would live happily and harmoniously, and soon usher in a new life. But it all fell apart that morning because of a decision by Eduardo.
Maybe Eduardo never showed his resentment in front of his family because of the evaluation of his sister by others, or maybe he did express it but did not attract attention... In short, no one is aware of the potential crisis in their lives, so when the tragedy occurs, their families cannot accept this result for a while.
When looking up information to sort out ideas, Xiaobian also felt that there was no way to understand Eduardo's behavior, because in him, I felt a deep contradiction:
Judging from his act of disposing of the body after killing his sister and making perjury to interfere with the investigation, he seems to be a well-thought-out person;
But when he sees that his parents can't sleep and sit restlessly because of Willie's disappearance, he brings Back Willie's body so that his parents don't care about it anymore, and this action will obviously expose himself, which is not in line with the previous behavior of "trying to escape responsibility";
Eduardo once said that one of the reasons he killed Willie was because he felt that she could not be a good mother, to protect the child in Willie's belly, but it was also his own hand that killed the child's chances of coming into the world...
These seemingly hasty and absurd behaviors are likely to be related to the fact that Eduardo has just come of age and is not yet mature at heart. This boy who grew up under the care of his family is like a rose in a greenhouse that has not yet grown, and has not yet formed rational thinking and complete three views.
Perhaps Eduardo really loved his family, but his impulsive behavior killed his sister and unborn child, pushing his family into the abyss of pain... In any case, the big mistake has been made, there is no room for turning back, and Eduardo must pay the price for his actions.
Photo of Eduardo Arefaro in prison.
At present, Eduardo is still in prison waiting for trial, and the pain he has brought to his family may only be relieved by time.
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