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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral was recovered blameworthy of his wife's homicide, a parent of four, whom radical said helium joined for migration purposes, hours aft celebrating her day astatine a Lemoore casino.
According to tribunal documents, 44-year-old Francisco Javier Valdivia was recovered blameworthy of his wife's, Cecilia Bravo Cabrera, homicide, which officials said happened aft taking her retired to observe her day successful 2016.
Friends and household said the brace joined successful 2008 for migration purposes. Valdivia's different narration was with 46-year-old Rosalina Lopez, with whom helium shared 4 children and lived with successful Goshen.
Over time, however, Valdivia and Cabrera became close. The DA's bureau said helium started paying her bills and rent successful Farmersville. At 1 point, helium adjacent threatened to termination her if she were to permission him oregon statesman a narration with different man.
Late successful the evening of June 8, 2016, Valdivia picked Cabrera up to observe her day astatine the Tachi Palace successful Lemoore. The brace near the casino conscionable aft midnight.
Just earlier 5 a.m. the adjacent morning, the Tulare County Fire Department was called to extinguish a car engulfed successful flames successful Traver. The car was Cabrera’s.
Since that day, Cabrera has ne'er been found.
Investigators recovered that calls to Cabrera had been erased from Valdivia’s phone, and successful an aboriginal interrogation with Valdivia, detectives noticed scratches connected his arm.
He claimed that helium watched Cabrera thrust disconnected and spent the remainder of the nighttime astatine his home. However, the DA's bureau said that compartment telephone determination information showed this was a lie. The information besides revealed that his telephone was successful the vicinity of Cabrera’s car betwixt 4 and 5 a.m. that morning.
Valdivia and Lopez were arrested successful transportation with Cabrera's decease successful 2016, according to the DA. Lopez pleaded nary contention to being an accessory aft the information successful December 2020 and was sentenced to 3 years successful region jail.
Valdivia was convicted of premeditated first-degree execution and felony arson connected Wednesday. His sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 25.
