Estrella Carrera (26) was found stabbed to death in a bathtub and she was wearing her wedding dress

[nestlequikie]

Bride's suspected killer may have fled to U.S.-Mexican border

A man suspected of killing his newlywed bride near Chicago and leaving her in a bathtub in the same silver sequin cocktail dress she wore to her wedding reception may have fled to the U.S.-Mexican border in Texas, an FBI affidavit showed.

Arnoldo Jimenez, 30, has been on the run since a relative found his wife, Estrella Carrera, stabbed to death in a bathtub on Sunday, two days after the wedding, police in Burbank, Illinois, said in a statement.

The relative found Carrera, 25, after she failed to pick up her two young children, ages 2 and 8, on Saturday. A Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, saying Carrera died of multiple stab wounds, Burbank police said.

Police tracked Jimenez's cell phone through southern Illinois, to Tennessee and Arkansas, and then eventually to Houston, said an affidavit filed on Thursday by the FBI in U.S. District Court in Chicago. The phone was last tracked on Sunday night to Hidalgo, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexican border.

Family members told investigators Jimenez told his sister by phone that he had a "bad fight and he left her bleeding," the affidavit said. Jimenez also told an associate that if the associate were to be questioned by law enforcement, that person should say Jimenez had fled to Mexico, it said.

Jimenez was last known to be driving a black 2006 Maserati sedan, according to one of the statements from police.

"This investigation is still ongoing and will continue until Mr. Jimenez is in custody for this brutal murder," police said in a statement. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Estrella Carrera and especially her small children."

Jimenez and Carrera were married on May 11 at City Hall in Chicago, a police statement said. A group of friends and family dined at a local restaurant, then rode in a limo to a Chicago night club, where the couple was last seen together.

A Burbank police spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/s...,5867119.story

[bowieluva]

That is only a wedding dress if you're from an alternate universe where everyone's a disco slut.

[g r ee n ey e s]

Well, where did they get married? I was under the impression it wasn't a very classy affair..

[mydeathspace]

So the car makes him a piece of shit? I'm thinking the stabbing his wife thing makes him a fucker who's car is gonna get repo'd while he's in jail.

No. POS because he killed the woman.

[emmy_dreamy]

👿don't mind me Mike. That post didn't come out right. I knew what you meant but couldn't articulate what I was trying to say. I did a few posts later.

[rachy]

Police discover blood-covered Maserati 'where bride-in-the-bathtub was murdered' in garage of groom's brother'
The 2006 black Maserati was found in the garage of Humberto Jimenez
Estrella Carrera, 26, married May 12 and was found stabbed to death in her tub two days later
Police believe Carrera was killed in the car and then moved to her apartment
Arnoldo Jimenez, 30, was charged with first-degree murder
Jimenez's cell phone was tracked to Hidalgo, Texas
Relative said Jimenez told her he left his wife bleeding after 'bad fight'
Jimenez's parents live in Mexico
Humberto Jimenez was arrested in a drug raid

Police have seized a blood-splattered luxury sports car allegedly tied to the murder of a Chicago area bride who was found dead in the bathtub just days after her May wedding.

The vehicle, a 2006 black Masertai, was discovered in the garage belonging to the groom's brother after he was arrested on unrelated drug charges last month.

Estrella Carrera, 26, was found stabbed to death in her Burbank home on May 13, just two days after she married her boyfriend, 30-year-old Arnaldo Jimenez, in a City Hall ceremony.

At the time of her death, the mother of two was still clad in her silver cocktail dress in which she had celebrated her nuptials.

The victim's new husband, who disappeared after the murder, was quickly named a suspect, and a federal warrant for first-degree murder was issued for his arrest. Jimenez was last seen driving the Masertai en route to Mexico.

However, when his brother, 26-year-old Humberto Jimenez, was taken into custody in connection to a drug ring last month, police discovered the luxury sedan with Illinois license plate L641441 under a blanket in his garage on Mozart Street, according to ABC7.

According to officials, the inside of the vehicle was covered in blood which someone had apparently tried to clean up.

Investigators now believe that Carrera was stabbed in the car and moved to the bathtub, according to CBS2. Humberto Jimenez then allegedly drove Arnaldo in the car to La Caldena, Mexico.

'It's a major part of the investigation, especially in terms of physical evidence,' said Capt. Joseph Ford. 'All the holes are being patched and we'll feel more confident once he's arrested.'

This theory is supported by wiretapped conversations which reveal that Humberto Jimenez was with his brother as he fled to the U.S.-Mexico border.

In recordings made a day after Carrera's murder, Arnaldo Jimenez could be heard telling friends that 'there's an emergency' and a 'huge problem,' the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

Cell phone records allowed police to track Jimenez as far as Hidalgo, Mexico. There is a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of Arnaldo Jimenez.

Ford added that while he is not sure how big of a priority it is for Mexican police to arrest Jimenez, he said that it will never go away, and that he hopes to be around when the 30-year-old is caught.

Humberto Jimenez was among 27 people arrested around the country on September 27 and charged with drug offenses. A total of 39 defendants are facing drug charges in the investigation.

According to prosecutors, Jimenez and another accused drug ring leader Jesus Ramirez-Padilla led their own drug-trafficking organizations that bought and sold powder cocaine on Chicago's southwest side. He has not been charged in connection with Carrera's murder or his brother's escape.

The bloodied Maserati car is now in the custody of the Burbank Police Department.

An FBI warrant states that Jimenez used his cell phone on May 12, a day after his wedding, in the Chicago area. He continued using it through southern Illinois, near Memphis, Tennessee, through Arkansas and then into Texas.

The warrant also confirms information that Carrera's family revealed about an emotional call Jimenez made to his sister, allegedly telling her that he had left his wife bleeding after a bad fight.

Another close associate of Jimenez told authorities that Jimenez told him he was leaving the state of Illinois, and if questioned by law enforcement, the associate should tell law enforcement he went to Mexico.

Jimenez is a Texas native who owns property there in the city of Pharr, according to the warrant. His parents currently live in Mexico, and he also has relatives residing in North Carolina.

Authorities began looking for Jimenez soon after Carrera's family reported that she failed to pick up her two children, ages two and ten, as she had arranged. The family had been unable to reach Carrera or Jimenez, so they asked police to check on her at her apartment in the suburb of Burbank.

That is when the 26-year-old's body was found in the bathtub, still clothed in the party dress she also may have worn at her wedding ceremony at Chicago's City Hall. There were no signs of forced entry into Carrera's apartment, according to investigators.

That day, the bride's family received a haunting phone call from a sister of her new husband, who told them he had called her weeping and said that he had left his bride bleeding after a bad fight.

Most of Carrera's family disapproved of her three year relationship with Jimenez, even though he was the father of her two-year-old son.

Jimenez had hit and bruised Carrera in the past, according to Carrera's older sister, Jazmin. Police also said family members reported incidents of violence while the couple was dating.

Jazmin Carrera described Jimenez as very possessive and jealous. She said she does not understand why her sister married the 30-year-old in what seemed like a rushed ceremony that the bride had kept secret from almost everyone.

Jazmin Carrera received a text message from her sister two days before the wedding, inviting her to join them and their friends at a Mexican restaurant and a nightclub to celebrate the nuptials.

She chose not to attend.

It was just all of a sudden,Jazmin Carrera said. She didn't give us enough notice.

The pair were last seen around 4am on Saturday morning, according to officials.

On Sunday, relatives heard about the phone call from Jimenez's sister, who said that when she tried to call her brother back, he would not pick up, according to Jazmin Carrera.

Authorities made a plea to Jimenez to turn himself in for the sake of his family and especially his children, Ford said.

Investigators do not believe Jimenez is a danger to others, although they say they have no way of knowing his current state of mind.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-brother.html

[Vienna Nguyen]

Guess her family was right after all. Their wedding night hadn't even commenced yet and she is already dead, she died in the wedding dress she wanted so bad to keep secret...irony much?

[whackjob]

why on earth did the car not get ditched/destroyed on the way to, in, or on the way back from mexico? because it was a maserati? also, i get the giggles thinking about trying to stay under the radar in a maserati. ok, so it's not like they were in a yellow lamborghini but it's not some common ride. you don't exactly blend right in. particularly with a bloody passenger seat.

[Larz]

This case reminded me of this sad song:

John Mellencamp Case 795 Lyrics
Tony jones stabbed alice jones
On their first anniversary
Down in dallas, texas
In a small apartment
With nobody present
He pulled out a knife
And he stuck it to her
He left her bleeding
On the floor in the kitchen
With cake on her fingers
And her wedding ring holding
In her hand was a note
That said the wicked must suffer
And he drove off quickly
To his girlfriend's apartment
But who really suffers in the end?
It's easy enough for us to pretend that

Chorus:
Everything's all right with the family
Everything is safe here at home
Everything's all right with the family
The beds are made but there's no sheets on

From the courtroom stand
Tony said he was sorry
That he was sad and mixed up
And he didn't know what he was doing
That he'd always loved alice
And he begged for forgiveness
So he threw himself
On the mercy of the jury
And he told how his father
Had beat and abused him
Back in grade school
In the basement den
And that maybe prison
Was the best thing for him
And he said, "oh god, can you forgive me?" yeah
But who really suffers in the end?
It's easy enough for us all to pretend that

Chorus:
Everything's all right with the family
Everything is safe here at home
Everything's all right with the family
The beds are made but there's no sheets on

How many days does it take to make us weak?
And how many hours do people spend lonely?
In the heart of the heart the family lay dying
The ruin of a nation lies at our feet, yeah