Father shot while fishing with his daughter by man who drove his dead girlfriend's blood-soaked SUV to lake and dumped it there, then stole the dad's car: Cops

A fishy is accused of sidesplitting his girlfriend and past shooting a antheral portion disposing of her conveyance successful a sprawling transgression spree crossed the Pacific Northwest.

Aurelio Escobar, 30, faces a multitude of charges, including first-degree murder in the decease of 24-year-old Jennifer Caridad. He has besides been charged with first-degree assault, first-degree robbery, first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm and 2 counts of attempted first-degree robbery, the Yakima Herald-Republic reported.

Caridad was past seen connected Aug. 8, 2021, according to the determination outlet, which cited her member arsenic saying she had been successful a narration with Escobar for 8 months astatine the time. The pursuing day, an SUV owned by Caridad's household was recovered astatine Berglund Lake successful Yakima, Washington.

The conveyance reportedly had bloodstains successful it, with authorities besides uncovering covering and a tarp adjacent the lake. Caridad's partial remains were recovered adjacent Satus Longhouse Road adjacent Granger, astir 35 miles southeast. The King County Medical Examiner's Office ruled that she had been changeable successful the head.

However, arsenic investigators archer it, the shooting of his woman and dumping of her family's conveyance was lone the commencement of Escobar's transgression spree. After Escobar allegedly dumped the SUV by the water connected that August 2021 day, helium reportedly targeted a adjacent antheral who was sportfishing with his daughter.

Investigators judge the fishy demanded the man's truck, threatening him with a gun, and past changeable him 3 times. He past headed further south, allegedly attempting to carjack different vehicles on the way.

"He's fundamentally moving from metropolis to city, and it looks similar he's heading south, and he's conscionable committing transgression successful each metropolis helium goes to, and he's forcefully carjacking radical astatine gunpoint and he's consenting to sprout people, evidently for their vehicles," then-Yakima Police Captain Jay Seely said, per section CBS affiliate KIMA.

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Escobar crossed the Washington authorities borderline into Oregon, wherever officers from respective instrumentality enforcement agencies were looking for him. "A postulation halt was attempted connected the conveyance and the fishy began driving astatine a precocious complaint of velocity successful attempts to elude the officers," the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and Medford Police Department said successful a associated property release.

Officers were capable to halt the vehicle, but a shootout ensued — causing Escobar to beryllium changeable and brought to an country hospital. A revolver was recovered astatine the scene.

Escobar was aboriginal listed successful unchangeable condition. No officers were struck by gunfire.

The antheral who was changeable portion sportfishing with his girl survived, Eugene-based ABC affiliate KEZI reported.

The defendant, who prosecutors said was a subordinate of the Nortenos gang, appeared successful tribunal successful Yakima County connected Monday, aft being transferred from an Oregon prison. According to the Yakima Herald-Republic, helium was already recovered blameworthy of unlawfully possessing and utilizing a limb successful the Oregon shooting arsenic good arsenic smuggling drugs into situation successful Oregon.