Police and Family Still Searching For Groom After He Shot Bride and Brother

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by invertigo

My cousin dated a guy who was killed in the same way- locked in the trunk of his own car and left for dead in the Nevada desert- they found him 2 weeks later, but the M.E said he probably survived for 6 days before dying from dehydration.
I can't even imagine a more horrific way to go. Whoever is in the trunk, I sincerely hope they were already dead before getting stuffed in there.

That's horrible! Is it a recent case or an older one?

I cannot imagine how awful it is to know you're going to die and not being able to do anything about it

Did they find the murderer?

[invertigo]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles

That's horrible! Is it a recent case or an older one?

I cannot imagine how awful it is to know you're going to die and not being able to do anything about it

Did they find the murderer?

An older case, 2003 or 2004. It was a group of men, they beat him up and mugged him, first. Granted, the guy wasn't a saint- he was a recovering drug addict with unpaid debts and had associated with some less than reputable characters in the past; that's what got him targeted. We have a good idea who it was, but nobody was ever actually charged for it. Needless to say, he pissed someone off royally.

[Megamel29]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles

Damn! How did I miss this story?

I wonder who the baby is

Baby?

[shinycatcreations]

Its official, it was him

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_4658353.html

[Megamel29]

http://news.yahoo.com/arrest-holiday...021747024.html

Arrest in holiday killings of 2 brothers, fiancee

A man has been arrested months after two young brothers and one sibling's fiancee were found shot in the head in the parking lot of a San Diego shopping mall and the trunk of a car 90 miles away, police said Saturday.

All three died and were gunned down around the Christmas holiday, police said.

Carlo Gallopa Mercado, 29, was arrested late Friday night and booked Saturday on suspicion of three counts of murder, police Lt. Mike Hastings said.

Salvadore Belvedere and Ilona Flint, both 22 years old, were found with gunshot wounds to the head in the parking lot of the Westfield Mission Valley mall in the early hours of Christmas Eve last year. She was declared dead at the scene, and he died a few days later at a hospital.

Belvedere's 24-year-old brother, Gianni, who was Flint's fiancé, disappeared around the same time. About 3 ½ weeks later and some 90 miles north in Riverside, a caller reported a bad smell coming from a car in a parking lot.

Police found Gianni Belvedere dead in the trunk. He had also been shot in the head.

The two men's sister Antoinette Belvedere said at a brief news conference that detectives had come to the family home Saturday morning to tell them of the arrest. She said the family was relieved but still stunned.

"We're holding up," she said. "You know, it's a sense of relief to get this information that somebody's been caught, and we just got the news, so we're still processing everything."

Police would not say what relationship, if any, the suspect had to the victims or release what evidence led his arrest. Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman planned to discuss the investigation and arrest at a Monday news conference.

Gallopa Mercado was being held without bail and was scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday, county jail records show. Police and deputies reached by phone did not know if he had hired an attorney.

Salvatore Belvedere (left), Ilona Flint (center) and Gianni Belvedere (right).

[Kelseecat65]

Wow, how sad.

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Originally Posted by invertigo

My cousin dated a guy who was killed in the same way- locked in the trunk of his own car and left for dead in the Nevada desert- they found him 2 weeks later, but the M.E said he probably survived for 6 days before dying from dehydration.
I can't even imagine a more horrific way to go. Whoever is in the trunk, I sincerely hope they were already dead before getting stuffed in there.

That's why I'm glad that my car has seat releases inside the trunk. Honestly, all cars should.

I should start keeping a weapon in there too, just in case. Imagine the surprise of a couple of carjackers locking me in my own trunk, and then not noticing me quietly releasing the back seats and coming up behind them to slit their throats until it was already too late for them.

[ousoonerchic]

Wow

[Megamel29]

I'm still wondering what the connection is.

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Originally Posted by Megamel29

I'm still wondering what the connection is.

I'm guessing drugs or ties to organized crime.