'Please don't shoot me, I'm sorry': Woman last heard pleading for her life in phone call to mom found dead after multistate effort to find her, police say

A Wisconsin pistillate who was reported missing by her household aft an alarming telephone telephone was recovered dead, constabulary confirmed.

According to officials from the Marinette Police Department, 24-year-old Gabriella Cartagena was past seen by her household connected Feb. 4. At 7:19 p.m. the aforesaid day, section ABC affiliate WBAY reported that her parent received a telephone call from her, during which they heard Cartagena say, "Please don't sprout me, I'm sorry." After that call, Cartagena's household reported her missing. They told constabulary they believed she was successful Red Arrow Park successful Marinette, Wisconsin, with her boyfriend, 29-year-old Robert Chilcote.

After searching crossed several Midwest states for days, constabulary confirmed during a press conference connected Thursday that Cartagena was recovered dormant connected Tuesday successful Menominee County, Michigan.

The Marinette Police Department said it recovered "possible humor and different disturbances" erstwhile it responded to Red Arrow Park to hunt for grounds that mightiness assistance it find Cartagena.

First, authorities successful Minnesota's Wright County recovered Chilcote. According to a probable origin connection obtained by WBAY, the Wright County Sheriff's Office had been notified connected Feb. 5 that Chilcote was a idiosyncratic of involvement successful an aggravated battle and imaginable homicide.

When Wright County Sheriff's deputies spotted Chilcote's reddish Prius, they pulled him over. He initially obeyed, but refused to exit the car and subsequently drove away, starring deputies connected a 16-minute pursuit that reached speeds up to 100 mph. Deputies employed halt sticks, which Chilcote attempted to avoid, but helium ended up driving implicit a median and moving into a halt sign, which gave deputies the accidental to drawback up to him and instrumentality him into custody.

Chilcote was arrested for fleeing a bid serviceman and for being a fugitive wanted successful different state. He is being held successful Wright County connected $100,000 bond.

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WBAY was the archetypal to study astir the last telephone telephone betwixt Cartagena and her mother, which constabulary confirmed took spot connected the evening of Feb. 4. Local Fox affiliate WLUK said that her phone's determination astatine the clip of that telephone placed her astatine Red Arrow Park.

Marinette Police Chief Jon LaCombe said during the property league that detectives from his section traveled to Minnesota to talk to Chilcote portion helium was successful custody there. Details of that interrogation were not revealed.

Chilcote's movements during the days that Cartagena was missing led authorities to a wooded country successful Menominee County, Michigan, wherever Cartagena's assemblage was recovered connected Tuesday. LaCombe said authorities judge Cartagena was killed successful Red Arrow Park and Chilcote transported her assemblage to Michigan to dispose of it.

Marinette County District Attorney DeShea Morrow said during the property league that they person requested Chilcote's extradition to look charges of aggravated battery. Additional charges whitethorn travel pending the results of an autopsy connected Cartagena, which was expected to instrumentality spot connected Thursday.

Once helium is booked into the Marinette County Jail, Chilcote's bail volition beryllium acceptable astatine $500,000 cash. He is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Feb. 20.

Cartagena's household started a GoFundMe to screen ceremonial expenses and question expenses truthful her household tin attend. On the campaign's page, her member stated that she leaves down a 3-year-old daughter.