Arnoldo Jimenez, 30, is a wanted man by Chicago police today. Jimenez is a major suspect in the death of his wife Estrella Carrera, 26, who was found stabbed to death in a bathtub while still wearing her wedding dress on Sunday.
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Jimenez and Carrera were married on Friday. Two days later, police found her body in her Chicago apartment.
Jimenez has not been seen since and police issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the mother of two was found around 3:30pm on Sunday in the 7800 block of South Rutherford Avenue, in the Burbank area of Chicago.
Police say Carrera’s body was discovered after her sister became alarmed when she could not contact her and asked police to conduct a well-being check at the home.
When police called at her third-floor home, she was found with multiple stab wounds in an empty bathtub. There were no signs of forced entry into Carrera’s apartment, according to investigators.
The couple were last seen around 4am on Saturday morning. Jimenez was last known to be driving a black, four-door 2006 Maserati with Illinois license plate L641441.
Police declared the death a homicide on Monday after autopsy results confirmed she died from stab wounds.
Her cousin Sandy Lopez said Jimenez was the father of her youngest child and it was a quick wedding. They had been in an on-off relationship for three years.
Lopez said Estrella called her on Friday to invite her to a party but didn’t mention that it was a wedding party. Lopez told the Tribune:
“She didn’t tell anybody. She didn’t want to tell me she had gotten married, but she sounded happy.”
She said she personally did not approve of the marriage or the relationship, but was not speaking for the rest of her family saying that:
“He’s just a person who had problems. She was a beautiful mother, person, sister.”
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Carrera family.
