HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK)– A Houston guy lags bars, implicated of tracking, monitoring, and inevitably eliminating a lady he thought was ripping off on him, court documents reveal.
Authorities state 53-year-old Santos Hernandez Cornejo stabbed to fatality the 50-year-old target, recognized in court documents as Argelia Diaz Maya, late Saturday evening behind the Alief-area dining establishment, where a colleague informed ABC13 she functioned as a dishwashing machine.
The assault occurred prior to twelve o’clock at night at the Burnin’ Covering dining establishment on Wilcrest. According to court documents, Hernandez Cornejo faced the target behind the structure, equipped with a blade. She tried to run away, however detectives state he chased her right into the dining establishment and eliminated her inside.
Authorities explained the murder as “really hostile” and “determined.”
Court documents declare that Hernandez Cornejo confessed to putting a monitoring gadget on the target’s car and also set up a paying attention gadget in her room. He informed detectives he thought she was having an event.
After getting away the scene, Hernandez Cornejo later on called authorities to transform himself in. He was jailed without case, and the tool utilized in the stabbing, “a bloody blade” was recouped in a neighboring area, according to court documents.
Throughout his initial court look, the suspect’s public protector highlighted his collaboration and volunteer abandonment. The district attorney asked for a $300,000 bond.
The court established bond at $350,000, pointing out the “determined” nature of the situation.
Hernandez Cornejo continues to be captive, billed with murder. He informed the court he has actually stayed in Houston for 17 years however is a Salvadoran nationwide. He is presently being held under a migration detainer.
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