1 00:00:02,827 --> 00:00:05,137 ♪♪ 2 00:00:09,482 --> 00:00:12,862 [Monica] Margarita was just a warm heart. 3 00:00:13,517 --> 00:00:16,793 Everybody knew that she was in love with Rogelio. 4 00:00:16,793 --> 00:00:18,724 [Liz] They just looked really happy together. 5 00:00:23,413 --> 00:00:26,068 [Monica] Relationship seemed rushed. 6 00:00:26,068 --> 00:00:28,137 She was so young. 7 00:00:28,206 --> 00:00:30,172 [Monica] So it felt like he was controlling 8 00:00:30,172 --> 00:00:31,965 who she could spend time with. 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,793 [Ale] There was a obsessiveness, in a way, towards her. 10 00:00:34,793 --> 00:00:36,172 [Monica] The history of violence. 11 00:00:36,172 --> 00:00:37,448 [phone ringing] 12 00:00:41,172 --> 00:00:43,275 [police sirens] 13 00:00:43,275 --> 00:00:44,689 I always thought that was 14 00:00:44,689 --> 00:00:46,827 the kind of stuff of stuff you just see on the news. 15 00:00:47,827 --> 00:00:49,724 [Margarita, elder] What this person did to her... 16 00:00:50,586 --> 00:00:53,931 ...that's the least that she deserved. 17 00:00:57,931 --> 00:01:01,103 [ominous theme music plays] 18 00:01:10,896 --> 00:01:13,827 [gentle music plays] 19 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,033 [narrator] Margarita and Rogelio Morales are having 20 00:01:23,103 --> 00:01:26,241 a baby shower as they await the birth of their first child. 21 00:01:31,172 --> 00:01:33,896 The day of the baby shower, we decorated, 22 00:01:33,896 --> 00:01:38,413 we got the cake, it was a last-minute thing. 23 00:01:41,482 --> 00:01:43,206 We were playing a guessing game. 24 00:01:44,896 --> 00:01:48,896 We were just excited to be there celebrating such 25 00:01:48,896 --> 00:01:52,586 a great moment for Margarita and Rogelio 26 00:01:52,586 --> 00:01:55,241 and this new baby that was coming. 27 00:01:56,517 --> 00:01:58,378 [shrieking and laughter] 28 00:01:58,378 --> 00:02:00,793 [Ale] She was pretty much smiling 29 00:02:00,793 --> 00:02:02,517 from ear to ear the entire time. 30 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:06,758 Everything was going the way she always wanted, 31 00:02:07,793 --> 00:02:10,862 having her own family and having kids. 32 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,275 [Liz] Margarita looked stunning. She got all dolled up. 33 00:02:15,275 --> 00:02:17,724 She -- she was definitely glowing, for sure. 34 00:02:20,068 --> 00:02:22,758 [Monica] Rogelio was also a good sport. 35 00:02:25,517 --> 00:02:29,413 I think it was just overall a really great, wonderful day. 36 00:02:32,896 --> 00:02:36,689 [narrator] Margarita Sanchez was born in San Luis, California, 37 00:02:36,689 --> 00:02:39,758 on June 11, 1993. 38 00:02:39,827 --> 00:02:41,551 [Margarita, elder] I was 18 years old 39 00:02:41,620 --> 00:02:44,896 when I got pregnant of Margarita. 40 00:02:44,896 --> 00:02:48,930 As a baby, she's just full of love. 41 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,172 [narrator] Three years later, her family moved 42 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:53,827 to Sioux City, Nebraska. 43 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,172 [indistinct chattering] 44 00:02:58,172 --> 00:03:02,896 [Monica] I am a year older than Margarita. 45 00:03:02,896 --> 00:03:06,620 My mom would actually dress us up as twins-- 46 00:03:07,379 --> 00:03:13,103 same sweatpants, sweatshirts, same school pictures. 47 00:03:13,103 --> 00:03:16,000 We had a younger sister and a little brother. 48 00:03:16,896 --> 00:03:19,172 We grew up in such a loving home. 49 00:03:19,172 --> 00:03:22,620 Looking in, you can say we were a picture-perfect family. 50 00:03:24,103 --> 00:03:27,655 My dad bought a big camcorder, 51 00:03:27,724 --> 00:03:31,241 and he would make home videos. 52 00:03:33,103 --> 00:03:34,689 [babbling indistinctly] 53 00:03:34,689 --> 00:03:38,172 My dad maybe saw, oh, they're silly, they're gonna 54 00:03:38,172 --> 00:03:40,000 see this eventually when they grow up. 55 00:03:43,517 --> 00:03:46,000 [Margarita, elder] As a teenager, she was into 56 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,551 music, dancing, like, happy all the time. 57 00:03:50,620 --> 00:03:54,310 She was just so funny and just a warm heart. 58 00:03:55,103 --> 00:03:58,379 She had beautiful, long, black hair 59 00:03:58,379 --> 00:04:00,068 and a beautiful smile. 60 00:04:05,310 --> 00:04:09,517 Myself and Margarita met when we were 13 or 14 years old. 61 00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:14,896 We were always there, hanging out, 62 00:04:14,896 --> 00:04:17,137 listening to music, dancing. 63 00:04:18,310 --> 00:04:21,620 -[playful screeching] -[giggling] 64 00:04:25,275 --> 00:04:27,758 Anything we did, we were always laughing, 65 00:04:27,827 --> 00:04:30,310 and having the best time we could. 66 00:04:32,275 --> 00:04:34,551 [narrator] Shortly after graduating high school, 67 00:04:34,620 --> 00:04:36,172 18-year-old Margarita 68 00:04:36,172 --> 00:04:40,586 meets 24-year-old Rogelio Morales on social media. 69 00:04:40,586 --> 00:04:43,896 [Monica] Rogelio was born in Hubbard, Nebraska. 70 00:04:43,896 --> 00:04:49,172 He grew up with five siblings, and they would split their time 71 00:04:49,172 --> 00:04:52,724 between Nebraska and Sioux City, Iowa. 72 00:04:53,689 --> 00:04:58,931 He joined the Marines when he turned 19 in 2006. 73 00:05:04,310 --> 00:05:09,965 When I first saw them together, they seemed so natural. 74 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,862 There wasn't any awkward silence between them. 75 00:05:12,931 --> 00:05:14,931 They just connected so quickly. 76 00:05:15,620 --> 00:05:19,482 That first impression, I was like, oh, OK, all right, cool. 77 00:05:19,482 --> 00:05:21,448 He can be my sister's boyfriend. 78 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,793 Once she let out that she loved him, the whole world knew. 79 00:05:26,793 --> 00:05:29,827 Everybody knew that she was in love with Rogelio. 80 00:05:31,310 --> 00:05:34,103 [Ale] Margarita introduced me to Rogelio. 81 00:05:34,103 --> 00:05:38,034 He wasn't very talkative at first, when I met him. 82 00:05:38,103 --> 00:05:40,068 But I think as the night went, 83 00:05:40,068 --> 00:05:43,000 he got a little more comfortable. 84 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,586 [Monica] He seemed very closed off with me. 85 00:05:45,586 --> 00:05:48,137 It was just kind of weird, but I did just brush it off, 86 00:05:48,206 --> 00:05:51,034 and was, hey, he's here for Margarita. 87 00:05:51,103 --> 00:05:54,482 They just looked like a happy couple. 88 00:05:54,482 --> 00:05:57,344 Anybody would say, oh, they're happy, they're in love. 89 00:05:57,827 --> 00:05:59,379 [narrator] After three months of dating, 90 00:05:59,379 --> 00:06:03,206 Margarita and Rogelio decide they want to get married. 91 00:06:04,103 --> 00:06:05,379 It just didn't seem right. 92 00:06:05,379 --> 00:06:11,034 It seemed rushed, and I asked her why. 93 00:06:12,172 --> 00:06:17,172 She told me, "Well, he said that if we get married, 94 00:06:17,172 --> 00:06:19,689 "he was going to get more income, more benefits 95 00:06:19,689 --> 00:06:21,275 from the military. 96 00:06:21,275 --> 00:06:23,793 "I mean, we're gonna get married eventually anyways, 97 00:06:23,793 --> 00:06:25,896 "so, might as well just get married now 98 00:06:25,896 --> 00:06:28,413 and let him reap the benefits." 99 00:06:30,586 --> 00:06:31,896 [Margarita, elder] I ask her, "Why? 100 00:06:31,896 --> 00:06:35,827 Why don't you just live with him, like, for a little bit?" 101 00:06:37,689 --> 00:06:40,000 I thought that this guy 102 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:45,241 was influencing my daughter too much. 103 00:06:46,379 --> 00:06:49,137 [narrator] Despite the family's concerns, 104 00:06:49,206 --> 00:06:52,379 18-year-old Margarita and 24-year-old Rogelio 105 00:06:52,379 --> 00:06:54,586 marry at the Woodbury County Courthouse 106 00:06:54,586 --> 00:06:56,310 just three months after meeting. 107 00:06:57,482 --> 00:07:01,034 She didn't even think of, oh no, I want my mom and dad 108 00:07:01,103 --> 00:07:02,965 to be in my wedding. 109 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:07,482 [Monica] It was just my sister, Rogelio, myself, 110 00:07:07,482 --> 00:07:09,931 and my boyfriend Juan. 111 00:07:11,517 --> 00:07:14,793 I just thought that they were so young. 112 00:07:14,793 --> 00:07:18,068 It caught me by surprise. 113 00:07:18,068 --> 00:07:22,793 My husband and I, we were like, I don't know, something is up. 114 00:07:22,793 --> 00:07:25,793 [Monica] You can't fully meet somebody in three months. 115 00:07:25,793 --> 00:07:30,344 I didn't understand the push behind it. 116 00:07:31,586 --> 00:07:34,275 [narrator] After the wedding, Rogelio splits his time 117 00:07:34,275 --> 00:07:37,103 between Camp Pendleton and overseas deployments. 118 00:07:37,103 --> 00:07:39,137 He asks Margarita to stay 119 00:07:39,206 --> 00:07:41,793 with her sister, Monica, in Sioux City. 120 00:07:41,793 --> 00:07:44,137 You know, if you get married, 121 00:07:44,206 --> 00:07:48,137 like, don't you wanna spend time with your wife? 122 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,310 You know, he's not fully committed. 123 00:07:52,931 --> 00:07:54,379 [narrator] A few months after their wedding, 124 00:07:54,379 --> 00:07:58,379 the long-distance relationship begins to take its toll. 125 00:07:58,379 --> 00:08:00,379 All of a sudden that they had an argument, 126 00:08:00,379 --> 00:08:02,034 or there was a disagreement, 127 00:08:02,103 --> 00:08:03,862 and it was small things. 128 00:08:03,931 --> 00:08:06,379 It was like, oh, he didn't call her 129 00:08:06,379 --> 00:08:09,827 for a whole day, or answer her text messages. 130 00:08:10,896 --> 00:08:12,551 [Margarita, elder] She'll call me crying 131 00:08:12,620 --> 00:08:15,551 and telling me, like, Rogelio doesn't love me 132 00:08:15,620 --> 00:08:17,034 the way I love him. 133 00:08:19,275 --> 00:08:22,655 [Monica] She took to social media to voice her opinion. 134 00:08:23,482 --> 00:08:27,586 She didn't like to express her feelings in person because 135 00:08:27,586 --> 00:08:29,103 she would cry, and she didn't want 136 00:08:29,103 --> 00:08:32,379 the other person to take that as a sign of weakness, so, 137 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:33,931 that was her outlet. 138 00:08:35,586 --> 00:08:39,688 She would tell me, oh, I have to ask Rogelio if I can, 139 00:08:39,688 --> 00:08:42,586 if he can send me money, because all the expenses now 140 00:08:42,586 --> 00:08:43,861 had to go through Rogelio. 141 00:08:45,275 --> 00:08:49,379 I felt like maybe he wasn't giving her all the benefits 142 00:08:49,379 --> 00:08:52,482 that he had promised that they would receive together. 143 00:08:52,482 --> 00:08:54,482 [Margarita, elder] Rogelio just got married 144 00:08:54,482 --> 00:08:58,103 for his own benefit, not Margarita's. 145 00:08:58,827 --> 00:09:02,551 [Liz] He just seemed very pushy with certain things. 146 00:09:02,620 --> 00:09:03,931 He always wanted his way. 147 00:09:03,931 --> 00:09:08,172 And if it didn't happen like that, then he would be upset. 148 00:09:08,172 --> 00:09:11,275 She wouldn't hold her ground like she would normally. 149 00:09:11,275 --> 00:09:15,275 She didn't want to make him upset. 150 00:09:15,275 --> 00:09:19,137 [Liz] There was something about him that I didn't like. 151 00:09:19,206 --> 00:09:22,241 [Monica] I was very concerned. 152 00:09:22,310 --> 00:09:24,931 She was in such a roller coaster of a relationship. 153 00:09:25,931 --> 00:09:28,586 Rogelio's a very egotistical person. 154 00:09:28,586 --> 00:09:31,413 He's a very selfish person. 155 00:09:32,724 --> 00:09:34,241 He was not a nice person. 156 00:09:43,172 --> 00:09:46,689 [indistinct chatter] 157 00:09:46,689 --> 00:09:48,689 [narrator] It's December 2012, 158 00:09:48,689 --> 00:09:50,758 and despite their marital problems, 159 00:09:50,758 --> 00:09:54,000 Rogelio joins Margarita's family for Christmas. 160 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,379 [indistinct chatter] 161 00:09:56,379 --> 00:09:59,482 After a year together, he's meeting Margarita's mom 162 00:09:59,482 --> 00:10:00,862 for the first time. 163 00:10:01,517 --> 00:10:04,000 [Monica] I think Margarita was excited about the fact 164 00:10:04,068 --> 00:10:06,344 that Rogelio was going to meet my mom. 165 00:10:06,413 --> 00:10:09,413 Finally, I met Rogelio. 166 00:10:10,793 --> 00:10:13,000 [Monica] My sister's the one interacting, because obviously 167 00:10:13,068 --> 00:10:16,379 it's her family, but Rogelio, just like annoyed, 168 00:10:16,379 --> 00:10:17,793 being a party pooper 169 00:10:17,793 --> 00:10:20,448 and not interacting with anybody. 170 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:23,689 Anybody else would kind of try to put an effort. 171 00:10:23,689 --> 00:10:25,896 You're meeting your mother-in-law. 172 00:10:25,896 --> 00:10:29,172 My sister expected maybe something more from him, 173 00:10:29,172 --> 00:10:30,896 even if he was faking it. 174 00:10:31,758 --> 00:10:35,827 Since she's so family-oriented, I feel that Rogelio's actions 175 00:10:35,896 --> 00:10:40,448 on Christmas definitely hurt Margarita. 176 00:10:40,517 --> 00:10:44,551 To act like that, you know, is not fair. 177 00:10:44,620 --> 00:10:47,931 Giving my daughter, Margarita, a hard time, 178 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,655 you know, especially like, Christmas. 179 00:10:52,068 --> 00:10:55,379 Later on in the evening of Christmas Eve, 180 00:10:55,379 --> 00:10:57,931 Margarita and Rogelio end up telling us 181 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,344 that they are expecting their first child. 182 00:11:02,482 --> 00:11:05,758 They seem excited, probably caught off guard 183 00:11:05,827 --> 00:11:09,206 because they weren't expecting to have a child so soon. 184 00:11:10,482 --> 00:11:12,586 [Margarita, elder] I was, like, really happy 185 00:11:12,586 --> 00:11:15,103 for her to have a baby. 186 00:11:15,103 --> 00:11:17,000 But just deep inside of me, 187 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,931 like, it was not the right moment. 188 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,758 They were so young, 189 00:11:21,827 --> 00:11:25,275 and they were arguing with each other. 190 00:11:25,275 --> 00:11:28,620 ♪♪ 191 00:11:31,206 --> 00:11:33,172 [narrator] On New Year's Eve, 2012, 192 00:11:33,172 --> 00:11:34,689 a year after meeting, 193 00:11:34,689 --> 00:11:36,931 Margarita moves in with Rogelio 194 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,827 at Camp Pendleton, California, 195 00:11:38,896 --> 00:11:41,275 as they prepare for the baby's arrival. 196 00:11:41,275 --> 00:11:44,000 [Monica] A few weeks after Margarita moves, 197 00:11:44,068 --> 00:11:48,172 she found texts and pictures of an ex-girlfriend 198 00:11:48,172 --> 00:11:50,137 on Rogelio's phone. 199 00:11:50,689 --> 00:11:54,344 [narrator] Margarita turns to social media once again 200 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:55,655 to express her feelings. 201 00:11:57,413 --> 00:12:00,068 [Liz] When I found out about the text messages, 202 00:12:00,068 --> 00:12:01,482 I mean, I was very mad 203 00:12:01,482 --> 00:12:03,068 because I'm like, I knew that there was 204 00:12:03,068 --> 00:12:05,344 something about him that I didn't like, 205 00:12:05,413 --> 00:12:08,931 so it just kind of made me more upset. 206 00:12:09,586 --> 00:12:13,103 [Monica] He's kind of just like, oh, stop overreacting. 207 00:12:13,103 --> 00:12:14,965 It's nothing. Like, I'll delete it. 208 00:12:14,965 --> 00:12:17,482 Don't worry. These were from the past. 209 00:12:17,482 --> 00:12:20,827 Made her seem like she was the crazy one for overreacting. 210 00:12:22,793 --> 00:12:26,448 After the confrontation, Rogelio basically tells 211 00:12:26,517 --> 00:12:28,931 Margarita, "Well, I don't want to be with you, 212 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,896 and I don't care to be a part of the baby's life." 213 00:12:33,103 --> 00:12:35,655 She was just very heartbroken, she just couldn't understand 214 00:12:35,724 --> 00:12:37,000 somebody would say they didn't want to be 215 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,517 in their child's life. 216 00:12:39,068 --> 00:12:42,275 How she could love somebody so much and they can't reciprocate 217 00:12:42,275 --> 00:12:43,724 that feeling back to her. 218 00:12:45,793 --> 00:12:47,931 I told her, "If he doesn't want to be 219 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,137 "with you, then he doesn't deserve you. 220 00:12:51,206 --> 00:12:54,379 "You have mom, you have dad, you have me, 221 00:12:54,379 --> 00:12:57,724 so you don't need him. You don't need him." 222 00:12:58,758 --> 00:13:00,103 [Margarita, elder] I told her, 223 00:13:00,103 --> 00:13:03,482 "It's nothing wrong if you separate. 224 00:13:03,482 --> 00:13:06,137 You don't have to put up with this." 225 00:13:09,275 --> 00:13:12,517 [narrator] Margarita moves to Texas to be with her mom. 226 00:13:18,862 --> 00:13:20,655 Wow. 227 00:13:22,586 --> 00:13:24,103 She got so happy, 228 00:13:24,103 --> 00:13:28,551 so excited to hear the baby's heartbeat. 229 00:13:30,275 --> 00:13:33,517 And of course, a big smile of her. 230 00:13:34,379 --> 00:13:37,000 So, I was, like, so grateful 231 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:41,000 that she chose to share it with me. 232 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,482 In that moment, she forgot about everything. 233 00:13:43,482 --> 00:13:45,586 [baby's heartbeat] 234 00:13:45,586 --> 00:13:48,275 During the time that Margarita's staying with my mom 235 00:13:48,275 --> 00:13:52,172 in Texas, Rogelio's like, oh, I lost my wife. 236 00:13:52,172 --> 00:13:54,413 [scoffing] I need to win her back. 237 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:59,000 So he starts sending off messages about how much 238 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,931 he loves her, he misses her, um, I'm sorries. 239 00:14:04,689 --> 00:14:07,758 So he got her to forgive him 240 00:14:07,827 --> 00:14:11,724 and they started communicating again. 241 00:14:12,689 --> 00:14:14,275 [narrator] Rogelio convinces Margarita 242 00:14:14,275 --> 00:14:18,758 to move back to California before the baby arrives. 243 00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:21,689 [Monica] He saw how vulnerable Margarita was, 244 00:14:21,689 --> 00:14:23,551 and he took advantage, 245 00:14:23,620 --> 00:14:26,551 definitely took advantage of the love that she had for him. 246 00:14:27,965 --> 00:14:31,551 On July 2nd of 2013, 247 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:34,379 I get a phone call from Rogelio 248 00:14:34,379 --> 00:14:38,724 asking if I have heard from my sister Margarita. 249 00:14:39,862 --> 00:14:42,000 And I tell him, "No, what do you mean? 250 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,793 She hasn't called me today." 251 00:14:43,793 --> 00:14:46,551 He told me he got home from work 252 00:14:46,620 --> 00:14:48,413 and she's not at the apartment. 253 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:52,413 So I immediately call my sister, she doesn't answer me. 254 00:14:53,896 --> 00:14:56,379 I was getting really worried because she knows nobody 255 00:14:56,379 --> 00:14:59,517 in California, and she's pregnant. 256 00:15:00,586 --> 00:15:04,379 She ends up calling me the next morning 257 00:15:04,379 --> 00:15:07,793 and tells me, "Rogelio and I got into 258 00:15:07,793 --> 00:15:09,862 "a huge fight, and he put his hands on me, 259 00:15:09,862 --> 00:15:14,137 "and I didn't feel safe, so I had to leave, 260 00:15:14,206 --> 00:15:16,172 and I got a hotel." 261 00:15:16,172 --> 00:15:19,068 It just changed my perspective on him completely. 262 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:25,758 How is it possible that her husband, the person that 263 00:15:25,827 --> 00:15:28,241 vowed to protect her, take care of her, 264 00:15:28,310 --> 00:15:30,172 is putting his hands on her? 265 00:15:30,172 --> 00:15:34,241 She's six months pregnant and it's his child. 266 00:15:34,862 --> 00:15:36,482 I was in shock. 267 00:15:36,482 --> 00:15:41,655 I was angry and I didn't feel that she was safe. 268 00:15:52,965 --> 00:15:56,793 [Monica] After the incident, Rogelio apologized 269 00:15:56,793 --> 00:16:00,068 and he seemed genuinely sorry in her eyes. 270 00:16:00,137 --> 00:16:03,000 She would tell me, like, oh, no, you know, 271 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,896 it's his upbringing. Don't worry. 272 00:16:04,896 --> 00:16:07,379 He's going to get counseling. He's going to go to therapy. 273 00:16:07,379 --> 00:16:09,000 We're going to be fine. 274 00:16:10,379 --> 00:16:15,344 She tells me that she is going to forgive him and continue to 275 00:16:15,344 --> 00:16:17,206 work on her marriage. 276 00:16:28,689 --> 00:16:32,000 [Margarita laughing] 277 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:35,724 [narrator] For Margarita and Rogelio, life appears to go back to 278 00:16:35,793 --> 00:16:38,000 normal as they spend time together before 279 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,172 their baby arrives. 280 00:16:39,172 --> 00:16:43,724 Watching this video definitely would never, um, 281 00:16:43,793 --> 00:16:46,758 spark an idea of him doing what he did. 282 00:16:46,758 --> 00:16:49,241 They just looked really happy together. 283 00:16:53,172 --> 00:16:57,965 I think he's trying to prove to Margarita that... 284 00:16:57,965 --> 00:16:59,275 ...I'm gonna change. 285 00:16:59,275 --> 00:17:01,241 I'm here for you, I'm here for our baby. 286 00:17:01,241 --> 00:17:06,034 How can somebody go from being this perfect guy 287 00:17:06,034 --> 00:17:09,034 I'm in love with, to hurting someone, 288 00:17:09,034 --> 00:17:11,931 and then back to, oh, I love you. 289 00:17:12,448 --> 00:17:14,241 So to me, it was odd. 290 00:17:29,793 --> 00:17:32,034 [narrator] One month before their due date, 291 00:17:32,034 --> 00:17:36,103 Monica throws a baby shower for Margarita and Rogelio. 292 00:17:36,103 --> 00:17:39,413 I just wanted to hold her, hug her, see her in person 293 00:17:39,482 --> 00:17:40,965 and see that she was OK. 294 00:17:41,586 --> 00:17:45,034 I was nervous to see Rogelio because I haven't even talked 295 00:17:45,034 --> 00:17:47,931 to him since he got physical with her. 296 00:17:49,689 --> 00:17:51,413 My toe! 297 00:17:56,689 --> 00:17:59,793 Rogelio seemed extra excited. 298 00:17:59,793 --> 00:18:02,172 He was like, yeah, we're gonna play this game. 299 00:18:10,068 --> 00:18:12,896 No, over here! Ah! 300 00:18:13,482 --> 00:18:16,137 Ah! [laughter] 301 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,620 [Monica] Margarita was over the moon. 302 00:18:21,689 --> 00:18:25,482 She was so happy that Rogelio was interacting. 303 00:18:25,482 --> 00:18:27,793 In that moment, I was like, oh, I guess he's grateful that 304 00:18:27,793 --> 00:18:29,517 we threw a baby shower. 305 00:18:41,482 --> 00:18:44,379 [speaking Spanish] 306 00:18:44,896 --> 00:18:46,517 [kissing sounds] 307 00:18:54,551 --> 00:18:58,344 [narrator] Just 20 months after meeting, 19-year-old Margarita 308 00:18:58,344 --> 00:19:02,034 and 26-year-old Rogelio welcome baby Christian 309 00:19:02,034 --> 00:19:03,551 into their lives. 310 00:19:04,068 --> 00:19:07,827 Margarita has a difficult labor and is separated from the baby 311 00:19:07,896 --> 00:19:11,137 for several days while she recovers. 312 00:19:11,137 --> 00:19:14,793 [Ale] Rogelio would go take videos and pictures so that 313 00:19:14,793 --> 00:19:16,413 she was able to see him. 314 00:19:30,896 --> 00:19:33,000 [Monica] Now he was taking on the role of, 315 00:19:33,068 --> 00:19:36,724 let me document this for our memories and for your mom. 316 00:19:40,586 --> 00:19:44,655 [Monica] It looked like he was gonna really embrace the fact that 317 00:19:44,655 --> 00:19:48,000 his wife just had a baby and he has a family. 318 00:19:49,551 --> 00:19:54,103 -[Christian laughing] -[Rogelio making noises] 319 00:19:54,103 --> 00:19:58,931 [Monica] Rogelio was extremely happy to be a dad. 320 00:20:02,275 --> 00:20:05,034 He changed diapers, he helped pick up around 321 00:20:05,034 --> 00:20:09,517 the house, he would make sure to cook for Margarita. 322 00:20:10,551 --> 00:20:13,724 I feel like Christian really brought them together 323 00:20:13,793 --> 00:20:15,068 at this point. 324 00:20:15,068 --> 00:20:19,862 It no longer crosses my mind that anything could happen. 325 00:20:19,862 --> 00:20:21,965 [narrator] When Christian is a few months old, 326 00:20:21,965 --> 00:20:24,172 Rogelio is deployed overseas, 327 00:20:24,172 --> 00:20:27,620 leaving Margarita to care for the baby on her own. 328 00:20:28,448 --> 00:20:31,793 She was just like, the perfect mom. 329 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,448 [Monica] She didn't ever complain about being tired. 330 00:20:42,448 --> 00:20:46,241 She just wanted him to feel all the love she had for him. 331 00:20:55,586 --> 00:20:59,724 [narrator] In the summer of 2014, Rogelio returns home 332 00:20:59,793 --> 00:21:01,241 and leaves the Marines. 333 00:21:01,241 --> 00:21:04,379 He and Margarita move into his family farm 334 00:21:04,379 --> 00:21:05,724 in Hubbard, Nebraska. 335 00:21:07,068 --> 00:21:11,275 It was nice having Margarita live 20 minutes away. 336 00:21:11,689 --> 00:21:14,862 [Ale] We would be able to just all be back together, 337 00:21:14,862 --> 00:21:16,482 like the old days. 338 00:21:18,034 --> 00:21:22,413 Margarita started at the Sioux City Hard Rock Casino 339 00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:24,551 as a host. 340 00:21:24,551 --> 00:21:27,103 I started seeing little jealous remarks 341 00:21:27,103 --> 00:21:30,068 on Rogelio's side. 342 00:21:30,068 --> 00:21:33,724 He would comment on the clothes she would wear to work. 343 00:21:33,793 --> 00:21:36,689 He would like nitpick everything that she would do. 344 00:21:36,689 --> 00:21:39,827 She was a completely different person when he was there. 345 00:21:39,896 --> 00:21:42,206 Her demeanor changed so quick. 346 00:21:43,103 --> 00:21:46,000 Like if she said that she liked something and if he didn't like 347 00:21:46,068 --> 00:21:48,827 it, then he would shut her down. 348 00:21:49,965 --> 00:21:53,482 [Monica] So I felt like he was controlling who she could see, 349 00:21:53,482 --> 00:21:55,931 who she could spend time with. 350 00:22:00,482 --> 00:22:04,689 [Liz] In August, we went out on a double date with Margarita 351 00:22:04,689 --> 00:22:09,068 and Rogelio, my husband and I. Rogelio starts buying drinks. 352 00:22:09,068 --> 00:22:14,172 A guy that my husband knew, and Margarita also knew, came up 353 00:22:14,172 --> 00:22:18,000 to our table as Rogelio was putting shots on the table, 354 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,068 and he pretended to take a shot and drink it. 355 00:22:21,793 --> 00:22:24,275 And Rogelio got mad. 356 00:22:25,379 --> 00:22:30,620 It was scary how he just snapped from being OK, partying, 357 00:22:30,689 --> 00:22:33,586 to this aggressive side of him. 358 00:22:33,586 --> 00:22:35,793 Margarita tried to calm him down. 359 00:22:35,793 --> 00:22:39,413 I had never really seen him act that way before. 360 00:22:40,862 --> 00:22:44,068 When we came outside, the guy that Rogelio had 361 00:22:44,068 --> 00:22:45,551 the encounter with, 362 00:22:45,551 --> 00:22:49,413 and he kind of ran up to us with a few other guys. 363 00:22:50,482 --> 00:22:53,724 They moved to the middle of the street, fighting. 364 00:22:53,793 --> 00:22:57,862 Margarita kept trying to go and help him, 365 00:22:57,862 --> 00:22:59,517 and I kept pulling her back. 366 00:23:01,172 --> 00:23:04,586 The following day, I asked her how he was doing, 367 00:23:04,586 --> 00:23:06,758 because he did just get beat up. 368 00:23:06,758 --> 00:23:08,862 And she's like, oh, he's OK. 369 00:23:08,862 --> 00:23:11,551 But she just kind of brushed it off. 370 00:23:11,551 --> 00:23:15,758 [narrator] Despite Rogelio's volatile behavior, Margarita decides 371 00:23:15,758 --> 00:23:17,172 to stay with him. 372 00:23:20,655 --> 00:23:23,655 On February 28, 2015, 373 00:23:23,655 --> 00:23:27,275 Monica marries long-term boyfriend, Juan. 374 00:23:27,275 --> 00:23:28,413 [Monica] We went out to eat. 375 00:23:28,413 --> 00:23:31,482 Rogelio was there, kind of entertaining Christian. 376 00:23:31,482 --> 00:23:34,827 Then we all go back to my house. 377 00:23:34,896 --> 00:23:37,137 We put on music. We dance. 378 00:23:38,896 --> 00:23:42,793 And...my sister is nowhere to be seen. 379 00:23:43,689 --> 00:23:47,000 She's in the basement arguing with Rogelio. 380 00:23:48,137 --> 00:23:51,793 She did not make an appearance the rest of the night to 381 00:23:51,793 --> 00:23:54,241 celebrate the rest of my wedding. 382 00:23:55,344 --> 00:23:57,310 Nobody needs to know your business, but the fact that 383 00:23:57,379 --> 00:23:59,344 he made it known he had an issue with Margarita 384 00:23:59,344 --> 00:24:02,931 and went downstairs to fight with her or argue with her, 385 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,241 it was just so inconsiderate of him. 386 00:24:06,241 --> 00:24:10,551 [narrator] On April 6th, 2015, Monica receives a call 387 00:24:10,551 --> 00:24:11,758 from Margarita. 388 00:24:11,758 --> 00:24:12,965 [phone ringing] 389 00:24:12,965 --> 00:24:15,275 She's crying. I was like, what's going on? 390 00:24:15,275 --> 00:24:17,103 Wha -- What's happening? 391 00:24:17,103 --> 00:24:21,172 And she said, Rogelio hit me, and he choked me, 392 00:24:21,172 --> 00:24:24,000 and I need to go to the police. 393 00:24:24,068 --> 00:24:26,689 I pick her up, I'm driving her to the police station, 394 00:24:26,689 --> 00:24:29,758 and I was just like, what happened? 395 00:24:29,758 --> 00:24:35,034 And she said that they had gotten into an argument at 396 00:24:35,034 --> 00:24:36,655 the house on the farm. 397 00:24:36,655 --> 00:24:39,275 He got upset and he got on top of her 398 00:24:39,275 --> 00:24:41,931 and he started choking her. 399 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,379 She started seeing black and started seeing dots, 400 00:24:45,379 --> 00:24:47,103 but fortunately for her, -[distant baby crying] 401 00:24:47,103 --> 00:24:49,000 Christian woke up. 402 00:24:49,068 --> 00:24:51,103 [distant baby crying] 403 00:24:51,103 --> 00:24:55,000 Rogelio got off of Margarita, and she got her phone 404 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,103 and ran to the bathroom. 405 00:24:58,103 --> 00:25:02,448 I ask her, "Is this the first time that he has laid his hands 406 00:25:02,448 --> 00:25:03,965 "on you... [voice breaking] 407 00:25:03,965 --> 00:25:08,310 ...um, since California?" And she says, 408 00:25:08,793 --> 00:25:12,896 "No, he has hit me before. He would be yelling at me," 409 00:25:12,896 --> 00:25:15,241 and she said, "I would only cover my face, 410 00:25:15,241 --> 00:25:18,827 I would cover my head, but he would punch me." 411 00:25:20,034 --> 00:25:21,413 At this point, 412 00:25:21,482 --> 00:25:25,655 I was not gonna let my sister out of my sight. 413 00:25:25,655 --> 00:25:29,034 [narrator] Law enforcement arrive at Rogelio's family farm 414 00:25:29,034 --> 00:25:30,620 and arrest him. 415 00:25:41,103 --> 00:25:45,413 [Monica] They file the report, and Rogelio is charged with 416 00:25:45,482 --> 00:25:48,724 third-degree assault with domestic component 417 00:25:48,793 --> 00:25:50,586 and taken to jail. 418 00:25:51,379 --> 00:25:54,413 I think she finally understood that the marriage was probably 419 00:25:54,482 --> 00:25:55,758 not gonna work. 420 00:25:57,482 --> 00:25:59,241 [Monica] We find out that Rogelio gets released 421 00:25:59,241 --> 00:26:02,965 on bail, but he is given a restraining order 422 00:26:02,965 --> 00:26:05,275 against my sister. 423 00:26:05,275 --> 00:26:09,068 [Ale] I was happy for Margarita. She had a job that she liked. 424 00:26:09,068 --> 00:26:11,482 She was happy with raising Christian. 425 00:26:13,068 --> 00:26:15,413 [narrator] Despite the restraining order, 426 00:26:15,482 --> 00:26:19,413 Margarita allows Rogelio to see Christian. 427 00:26:19,482 --> 00:26:21,793 [Monica] Her biggest thing, she would say, 428 00:26:21,793 --> 00:26:24,000 was Christian deserves his dad. 429 00:26:25,137 --> 00:26:28,103 [Ale] Rogelio would pick her up from work and take her home. 430 00:26:28,103 --> 00:26:31,655 That's when Margarita would take Christian back. 431 00:26:31,655 --> 00:26:33,965 So I was just like, OK, just make sure 432 00:26:33,965 --> 00:26:35,482 he brings you straight home. 433 00:26:35,482 --> 00:26:39,724 [Ale] The last time that I spoke to Margarita, I decided to stop 434 00:26:39,793 --> 00:26:41,310 by the casino. 435 00:26:41,379 --> 00:26:43,724 He mentioned something about not knowing 436 00:26:43,793 --> 00:26:45,172 who was gonna take her home. 437 00:26:45,172 --> 00:26:48,137 So I told her that I was gonna be up for a while. 438 00:26:48,137 --> 00:26:51,206 Just call me and I'll take you home. 439 00:26:52,448 --> 00:26:53,448 And then we just said, 440 00:26:53,448 --> 00:26:55,206 [voice breaking] goodbye, and that was it. 441 00:26:58,379 --> 00:27:01,206 [phone ringing] 442 00:27:34,896 --> 00:27:39,413 12:40 in the morning on April 19th of 2015, 443 00:27:39,482 --> 00:27:41,310 a female calls 911. 444 00:27:49,551 --> 00:27:52,724 [Bill] I race over there. I was just a couple blocks away. 445 00:28:12,689 --> 00:28:15,620 [indistinct radio chatter] 446 00:28:17,379 --> 00:28:21,931 I saw a white Nissan Altima parked on the roadway. 447 00:28:23,172 --> 00:28:26,275 A male and female pulling the victim out of 448 00:28:26,275 --> 00:28:28,310 the passenger seat of the car. 449 00:28:37,241 --> 00:28:39,793 Checked for a pulse, for breathing, uh, 450 00:28:39,793 --> 00:28:41,275 and I did not find any. 451 00:28:41,275 --> 00:28:44,689 [narrator] Emergency medical services arrive on the scene, 452 00:28:44,689 --> 00:28:47,275 load the victim into the ambulance, and take her 453 00:28:47,275 --> 00:28:48,827 to St. Luke's Hospital. 454 00:28:50,172 --> 00:28:54,275 I looked across the street, and I see a male subject 455 00:28:54,275 --> 00:28:57,275 sitting on the porch, just staring at us. 456 00:29:01,034 --> 00:29:03,965 [narrator] The 911 caller identifies the man 457 00:29:03,965 --> 00:29:06,275 as her brother, Rogelio Morales. 458 00:29:06,275 --> 00:29:09,620 The victim is his wife, Margarita. 459 00:29:09,689 --> 00:29:13,172 Backup officers arrive on the scene and approach him. 460 00:29:29,586 --> 00:29:32,241 Rogelio is taken to the police department. 461 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:42,724 [speaking indistinctly] 462 00:29:52,103 --> 00:29:55,620 [narrator] 21-year-old Margarita is pronounced dead on arrival 463 00:29:55,689 --> 00:29:57,103 at the hospital. 464 00:30:01,965 --> 00:30:05,862 Detective Nick Thompson is called to Sioux City PD to lead 465 00:30:05,862 --> 00:30:07,517 the homicide investigation. 466 00:30:12,275 --> 00:30:15,241 [narrator] Detectives start questioning Rogelio. 467 00:30:15,241 --> 00:30:18,137 Before they begin, a decision is made not to tell 468 00:30:18,137 --> 00:30:20,379 him that Margarita has passed away. 469 00:31:20,344 --> 00:31:22,379 Rogelio is claiming to have blacked out. 470 00:31:22,379 --> 00:31:27,103 This was a common tactic, uh, from people who commit 471 00:31:27,103 --> 00:31:28,379 heinous crimes. 472 00:31:38,068 --> 00:31:41,068 [crying] 473 00:32:58,172 --> 00:33:00,758 So while speaking with Rogelio, we noted that he did have 474 00:33:00,758 --> 00:33:02,413 a scratch on his nose. 475 00:33:06,172 --> 00:33:08,241 It was very clear that Margarita was fighting 476 00:33:08,241 --> 00:33:09,551 for her life. 477 00:33:54,586 --> 00:33:57,448 [narrator] Rogelio is charged with second-degree murder. 478 00:33:57,448 --> 00:34:00,310 He is transported to Woodbury County LEC. 479 00:34:03,241 --> 00:34:07,068 In the early hours, I remember hearing a knock on my door. 480 00:34:07,068 --> 00:34:09,516 There's two cops standing there. 481 00:34:10,379 --> 00:34:13,241 They said, "Margarita and Rogelio had 482 00:34:13,241 --> 00:34:16,793 a domestic dispute. Margarita has passed away." 483 00:34:18,034 --> 00:34:20,827 I started crying. 484 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:27,310 They just said, "I'm so sorry. Is there anybody you can call?" 485 00:34:27,379 --> 00:34:29,793 And I was like, "No, there's no one I can call." 486 00:34:29,793 --> 00:34:32,000 She was the only person I had. 487 00:34:33,379 --> 00:34:35,827 I don't have no one, no one. 488 00:34:35,896 --> 00:34:37,620 [voice breaking] She's the only one. 489 00:34:39,585 --> 00:34:43,172 And I remember receiving this phone call, like, 490 00:34:43,172 --> 00:34:44,551 in the middle of the night. 491 00:34:45,447 --> 00:34:49,793 Monica told me, like, like, "Mom, something happened. 492 00:34:49,793 --> 00:34:53,137 Margarita passed away," and I just couldn't believe it. 493 00:34:57,793 --> 00:35:00,655 [laughter] 494 00:35:00,655 --> 00:35:03,103 [Ale] I walked into Monica's house. 495 00:35:04,275 --> 00:35:07,172 That's when it actually hit me that she was gone. 496 00:35:08,482 --> 00:35:11,275 I always thought that was the kind of stuff you just see 497 00:35:11,275 --> 00:35:13,827 on the news, and it doesn't really happen 498 00:35:13,896 --> 00:35:15,689 in a small town like this. 499 00:35:17,241 --> 00:35:20,620 [narrator] Detectives press on with their investigation to see if 500 00:35:20,689 --> 00:35:23,517 they can verify Rogelio's timeline of events. 501 00:35:24,689 --> 00:35:28,172 Surveillance footage shows Rogelio picking up Margarita at 502 00:35:28,172 --> 00:35:31,931 the Hard Rock Casino at 10:21 p.m. 503 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,931 and then arriving at Sonic Restaurant shortly after. 504 00:35:36,551 --> 00:35:38,172 [Nick] So far, the chain of events 505 00:35:38,172 --> 00:35:40,103 that he was providing were accurate. 506 00:35:40,103 --> 00:35:43,448 [narrator] There was no footage of the couple at 22nd and Floyd, 507 00:35:43,448 --> 00:35:46,103 where Rogelio said the altercation 508 00:35:46,103 --> 00:35:47,517 with Margarita occurred. 509 00:35:48,275 --> 00:35:49,724 [Nick] I was disappointed. 510 00:35:50,275 --> 00:35:53,206 I was hoping, furthermore, that it would show a struggle. 511 00:35:55,689 --> 00:35:58,310 [narrator] Detectives may not have the incident on camera, 512 00:35:58,379 --> 00:36:01,586 but two days after the murder, the autopsy results 513 00:36:01,586 --> 00:36:03,034 reveal damning evidence. 514 00:36:03,034 --> 00:36:06,068 The cause of death is strangulation. 515 00:36:06,068 --> 00:36:09,931 Rogelio had indicated that he remembered reaching towards 516 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:11,620 Margarita's neck, 517 00:36:12,896 --> 00:36:15,172 and he didn't want to actually say in his words that 518 00:36:15,172 --> 00:36:17,000 he strangled Margarita to death. 519 00:36:18,586 --> 00:36:21,586 It takes a matter of minutes, not seconds, before you can 520 00:36:21,586 --> 00:36:23,000 strangle someone to death. 521 00:36:24,379 --> 00:36:27,551 It tells you that it's premeditated. 522 00:36:27,551 --> 00:36:30,965 All you have to do to allow them to live is just let go, 523 00:36:30,965 --> 00:36:34,310 and they will begin breathing again on their own. 524 00:36:34,379 --> 00:36:37,413 [narrator] Rogelio's charge is upgraded from second-degree 525 00:36:37,482 --> 00:36:40,241 to first-degree murder, indicating intent to kill. 526 00:36:42,034 --> 00:36:45,379 On April 24th, Detective Thompson meets with 527 00:36:45,379 --> 00:36:48,586 a man who has important information regarding the night 528 00:36:48,586 --> 00:36:49,758 of the murder. 529 00:36:49,758 --> 00:36:52,758 [Nick] He's a customer at the Hard Rock Casino, 530 00:36:52,758 --> 00:36:56,896 who stated that he had just began a romantic relationship with Margarita. 531 00:36:56,896 --> 00:37:01,413 He says that Margarita was planning on divorcing Rogelio. 532 00:37:02,689 --> 00:37:06,517 [narrator] At 12:04 a.m. on the night of the murder, 40 minutes before 533 00:37:06,586 --> 00:37:10,586 the 911 call, the man receives a call from Margarita's phone. 534 00:37:10,586 --> 00:37:13,793 -It's Rogelio. -[phone ringing] 535 00:37:13,793 --> 00:37:17,068 Rogelio accuses him of having a romantic relationship 536 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:21,310 with Margarita. It was confrontational. 537 00:37:21,379 --> 00:37:24,517 He says he asked Rogelio about Margarita. 538 00:37:25,551 --> 00:37:27,724 Rogelio says that she is sleeping. 539 00:37:29,137 --> 00:37:31,517 For me, this was a big moment in the case. 540 00:37:32,344 --> 00:37:35,000 Showed that Rogelio was lying to me. 541 00:37:35,965 --> 00:37:39,482 He left out the fact that he called this man 542 00:37:39,482 --> 00:37:41,000 on the phone. 543 00:37:41,586 --> 00:37:45,517 I believe he murdered Margarita and then used her phone to try 544 00:37:45,586 --> 00:37:46,965 to call this man. 545 00:37:47,448 --> 00:37:51,379 If he truly blacked out and came to, if he really cared 546 00:37:51,379 --> 00:37:54,068 about Margarita, he would have called 911, 547 00:37:54,068 --> 00:37:55,827 he would have given her CPR, 548 00:37:57,275 --> 00:38:00,068 rather than call someone to confront him about having 549 00:38:00,137 --> 00:38:01,586 a relationship with his wife. 550 00:38:07,586 --> 00:38:10,103 [narrator] Two years after Margarita's passing, 551 00:38:10,103 --> 00:38:11,517 the trial begins. 552 00:38:12,379 --> 00:38:15,241 Rogelio pleads not guilty. 553 00:38:15,241 --> 00:38:19,275 [Monica] Rogelio was claiming that he blacked out. 554 00:38:19,275 --> 00:38:24,137 He literally had no emotion on his face, just no remorse. 555 00:38:26,275 --> 00:38:30,862 [narrator] On July 21st, 2017, the jury are unable to confirm 556 00:38:30,862 --> 00:38:34,103 premeditation, and Rogelio is convicted of second-degree 557 00:38:34,103 --> 00:38:37,620 murder for killing 21-year-old Margarita Morales. 558 00:38:37,689 --> 00:38:40,206 He is sentenced to 50 years in prison. 559 00:38:41,034 --> 00:38:44,000 [Monica] I wanted him to get first-degree murder, life in 560 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,103 jail, but 50 years gave me a little bit of peace of mind 561 00:38:48,103 --> 00:38:50,103 knowing that he will not be able to access 562 00:38:50,103 --> 00:38:51,827 or hurt Christian. 563 00:38:53,689 --> 00:38:57,344 He not only took my sister's life, Christian now has to grow 564 00:38:57,344 --> 00:38:59,793 up without his mom and dad. 565 00:39:01,379 --> 00:39:04,827 He is the most selfish person that I know. 566 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:11,724 [Margarita, elder] Even until this moment, I don't think he feels sorry. 567 00:39:11,793 --> 00:39:15,275 Him being there, breathing, 568 00:39:15,275 --> 00:39:18,896 eating, sleeping, he doesn't deserve that. 569 00:39:22,689 --> 00:39:24,758 [Nick] Margarita did all the things she should do 570 00:39:24,758 --> 00:39:25,793 to get away. 571 00:39:25,793 --> 00:39:28,103 She got her own job. She had a place to stay. 572 00:39:28,103 --> 00:39:32,000 Those are all pieces of control that he's losing. 573 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,827 He wasn't going to be able to manipulate her again. 574 00:39:35,896 --> 00:39:38,103 The tipping point was when he learned that 575 00:39:38,103 --> 00:39:40,275 she was seeing someone else. 576 00:39:40,275 --> 00:39:44,275 Then he knew he had lost all power and all control. 577 00:39:44,275 --> 00:39:46,551 So he did what he had to do and he ended it. 578 00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:48,241 He murdered her. 579 00:39:50,275 --> 00:39:54,137 [narrator] Margarita's family and friends gather to celebrate her life. 580 00:39:54,137 --> 00:39:57,758 We sang, we danced, we ate, 581 00:39:57,758 --> 00:40:00,965 and a live band came out. 582 00:40:00,965 --> 00:40:04,310 That was the best way to honor her and say goodbye 583 00:40:04,379 --> 00:40:05,724 with a party. 584 00:40:09,344 --> 00:40:13,379 After my sister passed away, we took in Christian, 585 00:40:13,379 --> 00:40:14,758 my husband and I. 586 00:40:15,379 --> 00:40:21,724 He's a wonderful boy. He has Margarita's personality. 587 00:40:21,793 --> 00:40:25,103 He's just a joy, and I'm just so happy and blessed 588 00:40:25,103 --> 00:40:26,689 to be his mom. 589 00:40:27,689 --> 00:40:30,793 [Margarita, elder] I still feel that simply 590 00:40:30,793 --> 00:40:34,413 my daughter Margarita is just away, 591 00:40:34,482 --> 00:40:37,379 but eventually that she'll come and we're gonna be 592 00:40:37,379 --> 00:40:39,827 able to tell him, like, [voice breaking] 593 00:40:39,896 --> 00:40:43,068 look at your boy, you know, all grown 594 00:40:43,068 --> 00:40:47,344 up and stuff like that, but that's when... 595 00:40:47,344 --> 00:40:50,275 ...it -- it hits, she's not coming back. 596 00:40:52,551 --> 00:40:55,103 I miss everything about Margarita. 597 00:40:56,586 --> 00:41:00,620 I would just like everybody to remember Margarita as the kind 598 00:41:00,689 --> 00:41:05,310 soul that she was. She always made you feel loved. 599 00:41:05,379 --> 00:41:07,379 She was such an amazing human being. 600 00:41:18,482 --> 00:41:19,724 ♪♪ 601 00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:22,586 Yeah, she was a great mother. 602 00:41:22,586 --> 00:41:25,689 She just wasn't a great partner for Vince. 603 00:41:25,689 --> 00:41:28,517 She would snap at the push of a button. 604 00:41:29,793 --> 00:41:31,482 I felt like she could hurt him. 605 00:41:32,586 --> 00:41:33,551 And I was right. 606 00:41:33,551 --> 00:41:35,482 ♪♪