A day in a Priest's Life on Easter Sunday
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:56 am
Official: Priest confesses to killing pregnant lover !!
TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) -- A Mexican priest has confessed to strangling his pregnant lover after Easter Mass and cutting her body into pieces, a state attorney general said.
The Rev. Cesar Torres, 42, confessed to slaying 22-year-old Veronica Andrade Salinas at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in the city of Nezahualcoyotl on Mexico City's eastern outskirts, Mexico state Attorney General Abel Villicana told a news conference Wednesday.
Villicana read from a statement signed by Torres in which the priest described how he had been having an affair with Salinas and that she came to his parish residence to say she was pregnant with a daughter and ask for money shortly after he had participated in Easter Mass.
The attorney general said the victim's mother told police her daughter and Torres first met when Salinas was 13 and had been romantically involved for years. The couple had a daughter together, now 18 months old, but it was not clear if the priest was responsible for Salinas' latest pregnancy.
The two fought on Easter Sunday and Torres strangled his former lover to death, according to the statement Villicana read. He then dragged the body to a nearby bathroom and, according to the statement, used a kitchen knife to cut off her head and hack her body to pieces. He packed the pieces into plastic bags.
According to the confession, Torres loaded the bags into a pickup truck and dumped them near a municipal cemetery in Chimalhuacan, which like Nezahualcoyotl is in Mexico state.
Authorities in recent weeks recovered the bodies of five other women who had been slain and dumped in Chimalhuacan. Some of those victims had been mutilated -- sparking speculation a serial killer could be working in the area.
But Villicana said the testimonies of Salinas' mother and other family members led to his arrest Wednesday morning. He did not resist and was taken into custody with bruises and other marks consistent with a struggle, apparently making it easy for authorities to secure a confession.
Villicna said Torres was scheduled to appear before a judge to be formally charged with murder.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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It's a little bit ironic, Don't ya think!!
TOLUCA, Mexico (AP) -- A Mexican priest has confessed to strangling his pregnant lover after Easter Mass and cutting her body into pieces, a state attorney general said.
The Rev. Cesar Torres, 42, confessed to slaying 22-year-old Veronica Andrade Salinas at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in the city of Nezahualcoyotl on Mexico City's eastern outskirts, Mexico state Attorney General Abel Villicana told a news conference Wednesday.
Villicana read from a statement signed by Torres in which the priest described how he had been having an affair with Salinas and that she came to his parish residence to say she was pregnant with a daughter and ask for money shortly after he had participated in Easter Mass.
The attorney general said the victim's mother told police her daughter and Torres first met when Salinas was 13 and had been romantically involved for years. The couple had a daughter together, now 18 months old, but it was not clear if the priest was responsible for Salinas' latest pregnancy.
The two fought on Easter Sunday and Torres strangled his former lover to death, according to the statement Villicana read. He then dragged the body to a nearby bathroom and, according to the statement, used a kitchen knife to cut off her head and hack her body to pieces. He packed the pieces into plastic bags.
According to the confession, Torres loaded the bags into a pickup truck and dumped them near a municipal cemetery in Chimalhuacan, which like Nezahualcoyotl is in Mexico state.
Authorities in recent weeks recovered the bodies of five other women who had been slain and dumped in Chimalhuacan. Some of those victims had been mutilated -- sparking speculation a serial killer could be working in the area.
But Villicana said the testimonies of Salinas' mother and other family members led to his arrest Wednesday morning. He did not resist and was taken into custody with bruises and other marks consistent with a struggle, apparently making it easy for authorities to secure a confession.
Villicna said Torres was scheduled to appear before a judge to be formally charged with murder.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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It's a little bit ironic, Don't ya think!!