By RICARDO KLEMENTThe Paz Files
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Stunned authorities stepped out of the city police station to report on rumors that local college student Louise Herrera, an attractive 23-year-old at the center of a rape scandal involving Paz Files writer Rudolf Von Bulow, had been viciously murdered inside an abandoned barn in the northern reaches of the county.
"We have a good idea as to who may have done it, but we're waiting on additional investigation," said veteran Det. Alfred Alpaca. "She was stabbed in the back and left to die at the base of a craggy mesquite tree near a ravine known as a haven for coyotes."
Alpaca did not elaborate on who the main suspect may or may not be, instead noting that there are a number of people involved in the victim's life, including Von Bulow, former boyfriend LaCandrelle Jefferson and Jefferson's former galpal, Marquita Washington. The detective, fighting tears and sobs after saying the killing was "senseless and cruel," added Ms. Herrera was not pregnant at the time of death.
Earlier reports had her saying she was carrying Jefferson's baby.
The rape case had drawn wide attention in this gossipy part of Texas, mainly because Ms. Herrera had made serious allegations of being forced to perform deviant sexual acts while allegedly raped by Von Bulow following a long night of drinking and partying on South Padre Island. Von Bulow has denied the charges and tried to deflect criticism by offering the accuser's family $1 million. Ms. Herrera's death absolves Von Bulow of all allegations. He was said to be on his way back to Brownsville from Paris, France.
Detective Alpaca would not point his finger at any of the main suspects, but many in this ever-saddened, forever-weepy bordertown say the principal suspect should be Marquita Washington. It is Washington who some believe was behind the recent murder of Jefferson. That charge was led by Wilona "Weesie" Washington, mother of Marquita.
Alpaca did say the crime scene was "a bloody mess." Included in the findings was a rap songbook, something the detective said may have been used to force Louise Herrera to perform some songs before her death. "It's something you see in the inner city," he went on while dabbing his eyes with a handkerchief. "You'd have to know something about that lifestyle to understand it."
Louise Herrera's body was nude and showed signs of sexual activity.
"They just sat her up against the tree and left her there," the detective told story-hungry reporters gathered outside police headquarters. "The blood told it all, but it could've been a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting of a young woman merely enjoying a meadow on a bright, sun-splashed day."
No comment came from the family, although one of her siblings said Louise Herrera had completed her initial studies in paleantology at Texas Southmost College and was to enroll at UT-Brownsville for Spring classes to complete requirements for her degree.
"This one's on me," Det. Alpaca said of his hunt for the killer...
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8 comments:
Oh, no! No! No! What a waste. Pretty girl like that. I know it was Marquita who kiled her. know it!!!
Alpaca had an on going affair with Herrera for years since she was 13. He may have done the killing himself, or Von Bulow may have hired a hit by a pro to make it look like a ghetto thing. The songbook was gilding the lily to lay down a false clue to put the blame on Marquita. And what happened to the baby, was she forced into an abortion to get rid of evidence of Von Bulow’s sexual tryst with the victim?
alpaca said she was never pregnant. That chick was just angling for a big payday.
Fishy story put out by BPD. Alpaca neds to open up. he says she was found under a mesquite. That's drug cartel style, Bozo!
that is a haunting photo of Louisde Herrera, Mr. Editor. what a sad ending for such a young woman.
Look, as a former law enforcement dude, the murder has the footprints of a random killing. The detective doesn't say how many times she was stabbed. Was she sexually molested, wow, first LaCandrelle, now Louise, Marquita it looks bad for you.
random killing? Are you kidding me? The story flows toward this killing, dude. You must have been a Brownsvile policeman.
A woman like Louise, who rides around with strangers, could have been killed by anyone.
At this point, it sure looks like Marquita.
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