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Alleged Double Murderer Caught
posted (January 31, 2018)
The hideous double murder of sisters, 17 year-old Josephina Oh, and 19 year old Crecencia Oh, who were residents of the Western Toledo village of San Antonio stunned Toledo. Well, police have made an arrest. The man accused of chopping them to death is 20 year-old Wilmer Alexander Escobar, a labourer of Bella Vista Village in Toledo.

He was formally arrested and charged with 2 counts of murder, and he will be arraigned and remanded at the earliest convenience.

According to reports, police have strong evidence - including the recovery of some items taken from the women. He also had scratches on him, which police believe were inflicted by the women when he was attacking them. Reports suggest that he also sexually assaulted the sisters who were found partially nude.

He reportedly told the cops that he was drunk and high.

It's a major break for the cops in a crime where the 2 young women were killed on the outskirts of San Jose Village. It was believed that the cops would encounter difficulties, since their bodies were found in a deserted and remote area.

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