Did the Red Hot Miami lifestyle have something to do with her death . Whats been going on in this club scene . He did admit to having encounters with other couples there. Or was it simple jealousy . Are you still intimate with yolanda . Yes, we are. Threats. Say that again. Objection. Betrayal. He said he didnt love her, he loved me. And finally a verdict. The years of waiting. The years of mourning her. We needed justice. Hello and welcome to dateline. Wendy trapaga fell Head Over Heels for Michel Escoto, an older man with a string of admiring girlfriends, though wendy was his prize catch. The couple quickly married. Then, just days later, the young bride was found dead in a parking lot. The mystery of her murder would haunt investigators for years. But the truth would prove more coldblooded than even they could imagine. Heres Dennis Murphy with mystery in south beach. If you spent any time down here, you probably sense there are really two miami beaches. You know this one by reputati
They were Beautiful People. In miamis sizzling south beach, singles who became lovers. And then, newlyweds. They were still on their honeymoon only married four days when this young bride was murdered. I get a phone call, screaming, crying. No Murder Weapon. No dna. But no shortage of suspects. We have to prove it. Did the redhot miami lifestyle have something to do with her death. It has been going on in this club scene. He did admit to having other countries with couples there. Or was it simple jealousy . Threats. Say that again. Objection. Betrayal. He said he did not love, her and he loved me. And finally, a verdict. Eight years of waiting. Years of mourning her. We needed justice. Hello and welcome to dateline. An older man with a string of admiring girlfriends, that wendy was a surprise catch. The couple quickly married. Then, just days later, the young bride was found dead in a parking lot. The mystery of her murder would haunt investigators for years. But the truth would prove
of the drug cocktail. so escoto tried again later that weekend at the miami fantasy suite hotel. this time she drank the cocktail but for some reason he couldn t manage to drown her. that s when yolanda recalled escoto showed up at her place in the middle of the night with a dazed wendy in the front seat of a car. did you see anything in the passenger seat? i saw a movement. somebody inside the car. wendy was still alive. yolanda said escoto ordered her to follow him in her car. then what happened? he got out of the car, walked over to my car and he told me, drive around. give me 20, 25 minutes. eventually, yolanda said she spotted escoto again, walking down the street, splashed now in blood and carrying a tire iron. she said she drove him to the bay in downtown miami where he got out of the car with the weapon. and as he s walking i saw when he threw the thing in the water. after dropping him off at his apartment, she said, she
of the drug cocktail. so escoto tried again later that weekend at the miami fantasy suite hotel. this time she drank the cocktail but for some reason he couldn t manage to drown her. that s when yolanda recalled escoto showed up at her place in the middle of the night with a dazed wendy in the front seat of a car. did you see anything in the passenger seat? i saw a movement. somebody inside the car. wendy was still alive. yolanda said escoto ordered her to follow him in her car. then what happened? he got out of the car, walked over to my car and he told me, drive around. give me 20, 25 minutes. eventually, yolanda said she spotted escoto again, walking down the street, splashed now in blood and carrying a tire
and he pushed me down with his hands. you let him push you under the water? yes. what did you say once he let you up? i told him that wouldn t work. why? because the force of him holding her down in the water would leave bruises. so what did you suggest? i suggested he use a towel to hold her down. yolanda said she even helped him whip up the drug-laced concoction to knock wendy out. he came over and he brought some percocet pills. and he and i started squishing them in i think it s a mortar and pestle thing. what was he going to do with the percocet pills that you ground? he was going to give it to her so she would be drugged. and then drowned, said yolanda. but she added the plan to kill wendy hit an unexpected snag. at the honeymoon hotel in key west wendy balked at the taste of the drug cocktail. so escoto tried again later