'I'm Sorry' Mom Says Suspect In Daughter's Murder Texted Her
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The mother of a woman strangled in a north Philadelphia row home says the suspect sent her a text message after the slaying apologizing for killing her daughter.
Authorities said a man called police shortly after 2 a.m. Monday to say he had just killed his girlfriend inside their Kensington home.
Veronica Rodriguez, 27, was found unresponsive in the second-floor bedroom and was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said the cause of death was manual strangulation/asphyxiation.
Police stopped Juan Camacho, 25, in his vehicle two hours later. He was arrested and faces charges of murder, rape, sexual assault, abuse of a corpse and related offenses. He remained in custody, and it wasn't clear whether he had an attorney.
The victim's mother, Maribel Guzman, told WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, Florida, that her daughter told her during a Mother's Day call Sunday that she had just broken up with Camacho.
During that conversation, she said, Camacho sent her a message through Facebook asking for advice about how to win back her daughter.
"She's a good, good woman," Guzman said. "Always happy, always bringing the family together."
Guzman said she got another text message from Camacho early Monday saying, "I'm sorry I killed your daughter."
"I'm still in denial," she said. "I need to see her, and I want to bring her back home because she's in Philadelphia."
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