Couple Pleads Not Guilty To Cutler Bay Teacher's Murder
CUTLER BAY (CBSMiami) – A Hialeah woman and the man she allegedly hired to kill her ex-boyfriend have both entered not guilty pleas to the charge of First Degree Murder in the death of Richard Vasallo.
Jose Martin Perez-Sanchez, 21, of Miami Springs and 22-year old Dianelis De La Caridad-Fonseca were both formally arraigned Thursday morning.
On July 18th, Vasallo, 25, was seen walking along SW 216th Street and 98th Court just inside the Montego Bay subdivision by someone who called police to report they'd seen a "very bloody man" walking along the road. When officers arrived they found Vasallo's body lying in the road just a few blocks from where he lived. His car was found a short distance away parked in a lot.
The police affidavit states Dianelis paid Perez-Sanchez $600 and agreed to marry him so he could establish U.S. permanent residency status, in exchange for the murder of her estranged boyfriend.
After the two conspired and planned, Dianelis "concocted a ploy to lure the victim to a desolate area in order to carry out the formulated plan," states the affidavit.
Vasallo, said the affidavit, was fatally wounded by sharp force trauma and investigators did recover a knife, believed to be the murder weapon.
Vasallo graduated FIU in 2009 and taught engineering at SIA Tech.
