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
results. in the meantime the investigation was turning up a new lead, a former girlfriend of michel s. her name, yolanda cerrillo. yolanda cerrillo is a person that 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.
from michel asking if she was at her mom s, was worrisome. a few hours later, he was waiting for wendy s mother at the school where she worked. he met her at her job. she tells me he was very disheveled and very worried about where she could be. michel escoto, it turned out, was about to get an official answer to his where is she question. and while we re talking the phone rings and it s michel escoto calling. again asking his mother-in-law if she had heard from wendy. detectives grabbed the phone and asked where he was. they headed over to michel s apartment to deliver the news of his girlfriend of eight months, his bride of four days. we walked into his apartment when he blurted out is she dead? and we explained we re investigating the death of wendy, et cetera. he started balling up. doubled over, crying. police gave him a few minutes to compose himself before asking him to come down to headquarters to answer some more questions. there he recounted the brief honeymoon. m
she doesn t have her shoes on which was unusual. why is this young girl in an industrial parking lot no reason to be in this forlorn part of the county? no. unless she met up with someone. so the detectives headed out to do the part of the job that never gets easier. so you re delivering terrible news? horrible news. amid the shock and tears, they piece together from the mother a sense of who their victim was and what her final hours and days had been about. sunday evening, the phone call, wendy sounded okay, the detectives were told, but that next call at 5:48 am, the one from michel asking if she was at her mom s, was worrisome. a few hours later, he was waiting for wendy s mother at the school where she worked. he met her at her job.