Chilling video shows a wealthy California businessman chased around a car and shot in a parking lot.
Yes “Jessica” Torres, 44, was ambushed in a newly obtained video and was mercilessly filmed deadly on January 10th outside the San Bernardino restaurant. According to KCAL.
“It's definitely a murder,” Detective Dominic Martinez said Tuesday. It linked it to their continued divorce with Sergio Rebel, 53, and their fight for millions of dollars worth of assets.
The footage shows a gunman identified by a police officer as Geraldrama Storres (31) jumping out of the SUV and approaching Torres as he enters the Mercedes G-wagon.
Unarmed women are seen trying to fight back. Good Samaritans compete for help.
Torres tries to run away by racing around her car – the moment she first hits, KCAL cuts the footage.
“Unfortunately, she was hit, [which] Late her, and the suspect shot her more time again with fatal wounds,” Martinez said.
The officer initially thought it was a robbery as the murderer grabbed Torres' bag.
However, they now claim that the gunman Torres' husband Sergio Revell, 53, was hired to kill her as part of a “controversial divorce.”
“There is evidence that the suspect stole the victim several days and months before the murder,” Martinez said the plot was hatched more than a year ago.
Lamas Torres and the accused escape driver, Arnold Ruelas, 54, allegedly fled into the abandoned Walmart parking lot on the other side of the city and jumped into a second car. .
The three were arrested on Jan. 16, but investigators initially struggled to connect them to Torres, police said.
Detectives later learned that 37-year-old Reinaldo Ruelas worked in a pallet business at a property owned by Torres and Rebel.
The young Rulas is said to have served as an intermediary between Relax, who ran the Palette Company and his business partner Juan Perez, 42.
Rebel and Perez were taken into custody on February 16th.
Authorities seized more than $286,000 in cash and multiple firearms in connection with the scheme. The police said.
“She was well known and respected by many people throughout the community. She was very civic and supported many efforts throughout the city,” said Darren Goodman, the Chief of Police of San Bernardino. I said it on Tuesday.
All five suspects have been charged with murder, robbery, financial benefits and waiting.
They have all pleaded not guilty and are scheduled to appear in court on March 14th.
