Police say an Illinois man escaped from the wedding and exploded the newlyweds' home, which was extremely devastating, killing six cats belonging to the bride.
Tom Davis and Eleni Vretts got married on February 15th. After the couple said “I'll do it,” they learn of the tragedy that the explosion caused their Cicero home to disappear.
“In what appears to be the happiest day of their lives, the Vretts family, including newlyweds Tom Davis and Eleni Vretts, experienced unimaginable tragedy.”
Around 4:50pm – just 10 minutes before the end of the wedding – vrettos began receiving calls about the explosion.
“We didn't know if that was us or not. WGN-TV. “My nie left the church. She confirmed it was our home.”
Vrettos said WSAV-TV“I ran in my wedding dress like an alleyway here, looking from my neighbor's yard. At that point it was all smoke.”
This is because the whole family who lived in the house attended the wedding during the explosion. However, six Vrettos cats were killed.
“There was no way my baby made it in that moment,” vrettos I said. “My first instinct was to run to the tile rub to find my angels, but we were told that we could clearly not be there and there was nothing to do.”
The explosion and fire damaged two nearby buildings, evacuating 11 families. Temporary housing is provided to all families.
Surveillance cameras from nearby homes and businesses captured the moment the house exploded. The camera also captured the suspicious event just before the explosion.
The day after the explosion, a body was found inside the tile rub.
On Saturday, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office identified the man as 31-year-old Anthony Avila Puebla.
Investigators said Avila Puebla was a guest at the wedding, but at one point she crept in.
Surveillance video reportedly shows Avila Puebla park his car half a block from the house. Avila Puebla is said to be seen in a video carrying a jug of flammable liquid to the house. He reportedly travelled twice more to his car to retrieve more jugs.
Police said he set the two-storey home on fire but never returned outside.
Detectives reportedly discovered that Avila Puebla had a connection with one of the people who lived in the house and were at the ceremony.
Police said the motive behind the explosion is still unknown and an investigation is ongoing.
“I'm playing with the unknown, so I really don't know what we're going to do in the near future.”
This house is Vrettos' childhood home, and she recently returned to it to start a new life with her husband.
“The building belonged to my family for nearly 40 years. Yes, I grew up here, so I live, I live here, I work in the community. WLS-TV.
Vrettos and her siblings recently took ownership of the house after becoming their mother's name.
The pair was like that plan To help you do renovations at home, including repairing some “long expiration” issues.
Furthermore, the brothers and sisters were in the process of transferring their home insurance, and were not covered at the time of the explosion and fire.
“Recently, my brother and I moved ownership of the house from our mother to us, but we still didn't have the home insurance. If you're ashamed of us for that mistake, we call it irresponsible, but we can't undo our error,” explained Vrettos. “I'm playing with the unknown, so I really don't know what we're going to do in the near future.”
a GOFUNDME Campaign It was recently launched to help the couple rebuild their home.
“The Vretts family, including newlyweds Tom Davis and Eleni Vretts, experienced unimaginable tragedy in what appears to be the happiest day of their lives,” reads the crowdfunding site's campaign description. “While celebrating Tom and Eleni's wedding, their home in Xelo, Illinois was completely destroyed by a devastating fire.”
“This house was more than just a home. It was where Eleni grew up, where she and Tom moved to start a new life together, and the family made countless memories over the years,” the campaign said. “Now they've lost everything – their belongings, their memorabilia and where they called home.”
Gofundme says “there are no reports to help us recover from this devastating loss.”
At the time of publication, GoFundMe had raised nearly $60,000.
WLS-TV covered a recent explosion Newscast.
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