A man strangled his wife and left her dead body in his car while he went for a job interview, according to explosive court documents.
Police in El Paso, Texas, announced they had arrested Jorge Mares Raygoza, 47, over the murder of Coral Llamas Sifuentes, 45, last month. Court documents revealed Raygoza had learned Sifuentes was engaged in an affair for two years. The documents added on March 18 Raygoza found evidence of the affair after his wife met the other person at a motel in Lomaland, in El Paso.
When Raygoza returned to their home three days later, he confronted his wife about the affair, according to the documents.
They claimed he strangled Sifuentes for about 30 minutes, before he dressed the body and put it in the back seat of her car. He then went for a job interview.
Officers investigating the death alleged Raygoza drove over the US-Mexico border to the neighbouring city of Juarez. According to ABC-7, Cameras caught Raygoza crossing the border in his wife’s car on March 21 before he returned two hours later.
When the vehicle was seen next, it appeared as though it had been driven through a desert area.
The court documents said Raygoza searched for multiple articles about his wife in the days following her death.
Crimes Against Persons investigators started looking into Sifuentes’ death after being contacted by the FBI, noting she had been found in Juarez.
They added the murder could have happened in the US.
Detectives believe the murder could have happened in Landry McKee Lane a week before Raygoza was apprehended on March 28. Officers continue to investigate the murder.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention, about 16million women reported experiencing intimate partner violence in their lifetime and that they first experienced it before the age of 18.
Data from the US crime reports compiled by the CDC about one in five homicide victims in the country are killed by an intimate partner.
“The reports also found that over half of female homicide victims are killed by a current or former male intimate partner,” the CDC said.
It added that there were several things that could be done to prevent intimate partner violence, which include, promoting healthy, respectful, and nonviolent relationships and communities
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