dyeing his hair blond. perfect for the club scene. they lived for the day and then came unexpected news for these two butterflies. wendy was pregnant. her mother miriam had mixed feelings. how did she feel about the fact that her baby was having a baby? delighted with the fact of being a grandmother, but not delighted with the circumstances. wendy had had the big church wedding for her first marriage. this time around, she and michel got hitched at miami beach city hall. you may kiss the bride. congratulations. the next day, wendy and michel set out for a brief weekend honeymoon, a drive down the florida keys to key west where the road ran out. sunset drinks, dinner and a hotel. three days after the wedding, they were back in miami beach, sunday evening.
yolanda cerrillo is a person that had had a relationship with michel before he met the victim. according to her, michel left her for wendy. she loved michel escoto. she was very much in love with him. yolanda a single mother. was she also a woman scorned? he left her six months earlier and to add insult to injury, asked her to watch his dog while he was on his honeymoon with wendy. to go to the extent of taking care of somebody s dog during their honeymoon, it s just as a woman very strange to me. does yolanda become a suspect? a woman who feels she was cashiered, fired because of this younger woman and nobody gets away with that and i m going to kill you? there s a lot to yolanda. there s a lot to yolanda. a lot of bad if you ask ramon santa cruz.
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 didn t love her, he loved me. and finally a verdict. the years of waiting. the years of mourning her. we needed justice. hello and welcome t. 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.
go to the prom and wendy got this girl prettied up, got her a dress, everything. that was the heart she had. after graduation, two cousins who owned their own salons urged wendy to follow in their footsteps. she had a flare for it and you can do very well in that field? yes, she did. so at 21 after a brief marriage she enrolled in beauty school, and in 2002 that s where she first saw michel escoto rumble up on his red ducati motorcycle. michel was a self-taught web designer and sometime teacher of computing. by his early 30s he was looking for a career change. he thought he would try hairstyling. so he enrolled, as fate would have it, in the same cosmetology school as wendy. michel s friend ramon santa cruz. when i met wendy, he was on a motorcycle with her. i told myself it s a beautiful girl. i don t know what he did to get this girl. whatever he did, it worked. the pair falling quickly and deeply. within six months they were living together on south beach. wendy gave mic
may have to start over again. then the case went to the jury. wendy s family, as they had done throughout the trial, gathered together once again and prayed. her mother hugged prosecutor gail levine, who pursued escoto so ferociously. she is my hero. she is without a doubt my hero. 2 1/2 hours after the jury went out cell phones started buzzing in the courthouse. so many years after wendy s murder. now, in moments, her family would know. the years of waiting. the years of mourning her. all of a sudden we re told the verdict is in. before i got to the courtroom i was already crying. i was shaking. wendy s family members held their breath. escoto appeared to do the same as the judge instructed the clerk to read the verdict. we the jury in miami-dade county, florida this 22nd day