Husband almost Chopped his Wife near His Kids in Illinois, Stabbed her all over the body and then called the Police to make a Confession
Carol Stream, IL: A husband from Illinois allegedly decapitated his wife in front of their children. The wife died after the brutal crime.
According to officials, a man is facing five counts of first-degree murder for the savage death of his wife.
The 26-year-old Carol Stream, Illinois, resident Maricela Simon Franco was “nearly” beheaded after being violently stabbed in her house on March 31, according to a news release issued on Thursday, April 4 by officials from Dupage County.
According to the announcement, 33-year-old Baltazar Perez-Estrada surrendered to the Carol Stream Police Department on April 1st and informed authorities that he had “allegedly stabbed his wife.” As a result, “officers took Perez-Estrada into custody at this time and immediately opened an investigation.”
The couple allegedly “got into a verbal altercation” in the late hours of March 31, according to investigators. When everything escalated into a fight. By allegedly stabbing Franco “dozens of times around her head, neck, body and hands, nearly decapitating her head,” Perez-Estrada allegedly committed the crime, according to authorities.
Officials said that their investigation revealed the couple’s two young children “were present at the time of the alleged murder.” The children, who are 7 and 8 years old, just visited their mother in the United States, according to a GoFundMe page set up by a lady who claims to be Franco’s aunt.
According to the announcement, Chief Don Cummings of the Carol Stream Police Department stated, “Not only has this senseless and brutal act removed Maricela from their lives, but it has robbed two young children of their mother.”
“The incredibly violent conclusion to a young mother’s life is something that should touch us all,” stated Robert Berlin, the state’s attorney for DuPage County. “Because of what her husband, Baltazar Perez-Estrada, allegedly did, Maricela’s life has been reduced to a statistic of domestic violence.”
The last place anyone could have found Perez-Estrada was in Mexico, but he allegedly crossed into the United States illegally around two weeks ago. Additionally, he has been issued a future court date and charged with “alien inadmissibility,” they said.
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According to authorities, Perez-Estrada will be arraigned on April 25, following his April 4 court appearance, during which he was denied pre-trial release. His appointment as a public advocate is evident in the court records. Online records did not contain plea information.
