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Hey everyone, it's Michael. Today

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we have another update episode, and it's

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an update for a story we

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originally covered back in November 2022. Estrella

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Carrera was a 26 -year -old living just

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outside of Chicago, Illinois with her

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two children, an eight -year -old daughter and

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a two -year -old son. Both

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children had separate fathers, and

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Estrella lived with her son's father,

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30 -year -old Arnaldo Jimenez. As

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I detailed in the original episode,

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Estrella and Arnaldo had a

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troubled on -again -off -again relationship, the

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type of which usually burns out

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quickly, but for some reason theirs

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puttered on well past its expiration

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date, much to the surprise and

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chagrin of Estrella's family, who disliked

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Arnaldo for a host of reasons.

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That's why in May 2012 it

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came as a shock to all

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of Estrella's friends and family when

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she announced that she and Arnaldo

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were getting married. Within just

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a few days of the announcement, the two

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were wed, and after a big family celebration, the

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two went out for a night on the

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town. The next day, though, Estrella failed to pick

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up her kids from her father's home and

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would not return any calls. Police

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were soon called, and when searching her condo,

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found her body in the bathtub, still

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wearing the dress she had worn out

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on her wedding night. Estrella had

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been stabbed at least 18 times, having

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been killed elsewhere and then carried into

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the apartment. Suspicion quickly

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narrowed in on her new husband,

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Arnaldo Jimenez, who was the last

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person to have seen Estrella and

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had a history of abusive behavior,

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not just toward Estrella, but other

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women in his life. Following her

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death, Arnaldo was nowhere to be

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found, and police quickly surmised that

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he had killed Estrella inside of

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his Maserati and then fled the

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region with help from his family.

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In 2019, In 2019, Arnoldo Jimenez

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was added to the FBI's 10

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most wanted fugitives list, believed to

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have fled to Mexico, but his

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fate has been unknown since Estraya

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Carrera's murder in 2012. That is,

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until last week, of course, when

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authorities announced that after more than

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a decade, Arnoldo Jimenez had finally

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been located and captured without incident.

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One of their 10 most dangerous

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fugitives is now in their custody

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captured after more than 12 years

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on the run. Until tonight federal

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authorities with the FBI right here

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in Chicago say the man from

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South suburban Burbank had evaded law

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enforcement after his brand new wife

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was found dead in a bathtub.

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Here he is from four different

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angles. Arnoldo Jimenez taken into custody

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Thursday by agents in Monterey Mexico.

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Investigators have been looking for Jimenez

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since May of 2012. May 13th.

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of that year, investigators found 26-year-old

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Australia Carrera stabbed a death still

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dressed in a silver cocktail dress

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from her wedding celebration. She was

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in a bathtub in her apartment

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in Burbank, Illinois. Police say Carrera

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and Arnoldo Jimenez had been married

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just a day and a half

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earlier at City Hall in Chicago.

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Investigators Ahemenez stabbed his wife 18

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times inside his Mazarati and then

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dragged her body into the apartment.

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Carrera's family had been watching her

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two children at the time. In

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a statement announcing Jimenez's capture, the

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FBI said in part, the FBI

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will use all of its available

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resources to bring criminals to justice

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no matter how much time has

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passed or where they may be

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in the world. There has been

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a $100,000 reward for information leading

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to Arnoldo Jimenez's capture. We did

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reach out to the family of

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his late wife, but tonight we've

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still not heard that. On

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January 30th, 2025, agents Mexico's

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FGR working alongside Interpol detained

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Arnoldo Jimenez and Monterey Mexico.

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Not much has been disclosed

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about the circumstances of his

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capture, nor of his life

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on the lamb, but authorities

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would state that Jimenez was

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to be held in custody

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until extradition proceedings could be

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had, likely to be announced

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in the near future. Following

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extradition, Jimenez will face trial for

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the murder of his wife and the

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mother of his child, having been charged

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with first degree murder back in 2012.

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If convicted, he is likely to spend

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the rest of his miserable life in

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prison. The family of Estraya Carrera are

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undoubtedly happy to have Jimenez behind bars,

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but his arrest does nothing to ease

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their sorrow after all these years. Hopefully

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this arrest can begin to provide them

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with some semblance of peace, knowing that

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Jimenez could no longer harm anyone else

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and will finally be held to account

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for his vicious crime. It may have

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come 12 years later than it should

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have, but you know what they say

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about planting trees. The second best time

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is now. I'll be sure to update

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you all should any new information arise

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in this case. But until such a

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time as Arnoldo Jimenez is convicted,

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it seems like the story of

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Estraya Carrera may finally be headed

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closer to resolution.