CHICAGO — The sister of a bride found stabbed to death in suburban Chicago said her new brother-in-law called a relative on the day the body was found and said he left his new wife bleeding after a “bad fight.”
It’s the first detail to shed light on evidence investigators may have given a judge to obtain a first-degree murder warrant for 30-year-old Arnoldo Jimenez.
A manhunt is underway for Jimenez, who is accused in the slaying of Estrella Carrera, 26, shortly after they celebrated their marriage Friday, said police in the Chicago suburb of Burbank.
Most of the bride’s family disapproved of her relationship with Jimenez, who is the father of one of Carrera’s children, a 2-year-old boy, according to an older sister. Jimenez had hit and bruised her sister in the past, Jazmin Carrera said.
The sister said she didn’t understand why Estrella married Jimenez on Friday at Chicago’s City Hall. The wedding plans seemed rushed.
Family members became concerned when Estrella failed to pick up her two children Saturday, and they asked police to check on her. That’s when her body was found in a bathtub, clad in the silver, sequined dress she wore at her reception. The Associated Press
