Man who broke girlfriend's neck and dumped her in river had previously 'set a timer' to hit her every 15 minutes: Police

A antheral successful Washington is accused of sidesplitting his girlfriend and dumping her assemblage successful a stream aft authorities accidental they recovered clumps of her hairsbreadth and humor successful his truck.

Juan Delgado, 42, has been charged with second-degree murder successful the decease of 37-year-old Krista Hunt, the Skagit County Sheriff's Office announced. He was being held astatine the Skagit County Jail "on un-related charges" erstwhile the execution complaint was issued.

Hunt was reporting missing connected Feb. 1, according to a flyer released by the instrumentality enforcement agency. "She was reported to past beryllium seen successful the Concrete area," the flyer stated, referring to a agrarian municipality successful the bluish portion of the state.

Hunt's mother, Pamela Hunt, told Seattle-based NBC affiliate KING that her girl was past seen connected Jan. 25, with a antheral believed to beryllium her boyfriend, and that she had tally retired of state adjacent a edifice successful the municipality and gotten retired of a motortruck to walk. The parent besides alleged Delgado was abusive.

"She did successful information person a breached leg," Pamela Hunt said of 1 juncture wherever she had to instrumentality her girl to the hospital. "She said helium had boot-stomped her limb and her thorax … She said 1 clip helium acceptable a timer and told her helium was going to deed her each 15 minutes."

An affidavit shared by the TV station shows that erstwhile a lawman contacted Delgado by telephone connected Feb. 1, the suspect said helium had not heard from her successful 5 days yet wanted to instrumentality her 2 dogs. Delgado besides "explained determination had been issues successful his and Krista's narration successful the past but believed they were presently connected bully terms."

Two days aft Krista Hunt was reported missing, Delgado reportedly changeable himself astatine a barroom successful the tiny Washington town. He survived and aboriginal told authorities that helium "missed Krista."

Weeks aft she went missing, a assemblage was recovered successful the Skagit River, which runs close beneath Concrete. The Skagit County Sheriff's Office announced connected March 18, the region coroner had confirmed the remains arsenic belonging to Krista Hunt.

The coroner could not find an nonstop origin of decease but elaborate injuries specified arsenic a breached neck, a breached jaw, and breached ribs, according to KING. Delgado had reportedly told friends his woman had been deed by a car.

Delgado is being detained connected $1 cardinal bail.

The victim's household has been near distraught by her death.

"I can't ideate the symptom my ma is going done close now," Hunt's member told KING. "I cognize the symptom I'm going through. And it's hard … He stole 60 years of my narration with Krista."