Disturbing footage from The Ring shows the moment a Florida medical master’s student stabbed his mother “more than 70 times” after hiding a knife in his back as he walked to her front door.
Emmanuel Espinoza, 21, was on his way to a family event with his grandfather when his mother, Elvia Espinoza, 46, asked if she could stay at their home two hours south of Orlando for the weekend.
Shocking new video shows the 21-year-old wearing dark jeans, light blue jeans and a navy blue shirt as he casually walks up to his mother’s front door around 2pm on Saturday. It is being shown.
Espinoza can be seen hiding something in his left hand as he walks, and as he approaches the door, footage shows him holding a knife.
Espinoza tries to open the door, but is greeted by her unsuspecting mother.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Espinoza was listening to Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “No Church in the Wild” as he approached the house, and as soon as he opened the door, Espinoza heard the song. “He lunged at her and started stabbing her,” he said.
“He had taken biology classes, so he knew where to put the sting to get the most effect,” Judd said.
“There’s another audio that doesn’t play from inside the house. [his mom is] “Manny, Manny, Manny,” he’s shouting, and he’s not saying a word. He stabbed her more than 70 times. ”
Judd said that while Espinoza loved his mother, he was angry with her and “for years wanted to kill her,” which he eventually did.
“When she tried to get up from the floor, he stabbed her further,” Judd said.
“He said he stabbed her further because he noticed her hand was still moving.”
Espinoza later told detectives in a confessional that he cut his hand with a knife while stabbing his mother.
“And while he was standing at the kitchen sink, washing the knife and body, he wanted to ask his mother for Neosporin for the cut on his hand. But he realized she was dead.”
It was shortly after the gruesome murder that Espinoza called 911 and confessed to the dispatcher the tragedy that had unfolded.
Espinoza was charged with first-degree murder and booked into the Polk County Jail.
Tributes poured in for Espinoza’s mother, a second-grade teacher at Frostproof Ben Hill Griffin Jr. Elementary School, after the devastating news shocked the community.
“Elvia was full of energy and loved her family, especially her grandchildren. Elvia truly enjoyed spending time with her family and was the light of everyone’s lives,” said a tribute to the late 46-year-old. It is spelled out.
A wake will be held from 6pm to 8pm on Wednesday, followed by a funeral service on Thursday at 2pm.
