Tag: strangling
Man allegedly strangled wife to save her from going to jail over new car debt
A northeast Houston man told police he murdered his wife because he did not want her to go to jail if she could not pay for her new car.
Francisco Olazaran, 67, is charged with the murder of his wife, Maria Olazaran, 63. The medical examiner ruled she died from manual strangulation.
According to Houston police, on the morning of July 4, when the city was getting hammered by rain, Francisco walked into Sand Dollar Thrift Store on Harrisburg in east Houston and said his wife, who was sitting in the car, had just been choked and robbed by three men.
An employee called for help. Police say Francisco repeated that same story to them and then changed it.
According to court documents, he said his wife had just traded in an older car for a newer one. He didn’t have a job. Maria, he said, didn’t make much money working for Walmart, and he was worried she could not afford the car payments.
“The defendant stated that morning he killed the complainant because he did not want her to go to jail over the debt,” a prosecutor read from documents during Francisco’s first court appearance on July 5. “He stated that he did not want her to go to jail and that he preferred for her to die.”
An investigator told Eyewitness News the couple had been married for many years. The victim, a mother and grandmother, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Francisco’s charges were upgraded to murder on Saturday.
He is being held in jail on an $80,000 bond and, as a Mexican National who has lived in the United States for 15 years, must surrender his passport if he posts it.
Francisco is expected in court on Tuesday.
via: http://abc7chicago.com/man-allegedly-strangled-wife-to-save-her-from-going-to-jail/3738764/
Mom who strangled newborn, threw body in trash sentenced
A New Jersey woman was sentenced to eight years in prison after she admitted to strangling her newborn daughter to death two years ago.
Jade Fanz was sentenced on Friday, People reported. The now 21-year-old strangled her daughter when she was just “minutes old,” according to NJ.com. She then put the infant’s body in a dumpster behind her home in Franklin Township.
Fanz’s crime came to light after she visited a local hospital due to a medical complication related to giving birth, according to ABC13. The young woman was initially charged with murder, unlawfully disturbing, moving or concealing human remains and abuse or neglect of a child, NJ.com reported.
She was later charged and pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in April.
Fanz has been in jail since the incident occurred, according to FOX5.
She must serve at least 85 percent of her sentence before she will be eligible for parole, per the terms of her plea agreement, according to People.
via: https://nypost.com/2018/06/26/mom-who-strangled-newborn-threw-body-in-trash-sentenced/