CHILLING telephone information present {that a} man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend had lied when talking to police, resulting in his eventual arrest.
Madeline Pantoja, 21, was final seen at her Midland, Texas, residence on Might 10 earlier than she vanished, abandoning her canine, cellphone, and keys.
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Her physique was found on Saturday, Might 20, 2023.
Her ex-boyfriend Mario Juan Chacon Jr., 24, was arrested that very same day after telephone information present he wasn’t truthful in an interview with detectives, learn court docket paperwork.
Madeline’s brother, Christian, known as police on Might 11 to carry out a welfare examine after he hadn’t heard from the girl.
Her brother added that his sister and Chacon had points and broke up shortly earlier than she disappeared.
Christian mentioned he acquired a name from Chacon at 8.30pm on Might 10 and instructed him that he had gotten into an argument with Madeline who was not answering his calls.
After their telephone name, Christian spoke with Madeline at 8.35 and despatched a textual content message to her at 8.37, based on the arrest affidavit, nonetheless, he by no means heard from her once more.
An officer spoke with certainly one of Madeline’s finest mates, who mentioned the final time she heard from her was on Might 10 at 9.31pm to substantiate plans for the following day.
The good friend mentioned she arrived at Madeline’s residence at 6pm and known as a number of instances, nonetheless, they went unanswered.
She even knocked on Madeline’s door, based on the affidavit, however no person answered.
The good friend left and mentioned, “she had a intestine feeling one thing was mistaken” and known as Madeline’s different shut good friend and instructed her what was occurring.
Each ladies went again to the residence to examine on Madeline as soon as once more at 8pm and noticed that the sunshine inside that was beforehand on was now off.
The chums turned fearful and known as Madeline’s brother, who then known as Chacon at 9.25pm to see if he knew the place his sister was.
The affidavit mentioned that Chacon was “very evasive and didn’t seem involved that Madeline (Pantoja) had not been heard from.”
Chacon mentioned he was along with his father all day and his “household may confirm the place he was.”
Chacon reportedly despatched his location to Christian at 9.26pm, exhibiting that he was at his home.
Madeline’s mates additionally known as Chacon at 9.20pm nevertheless it regarded as if he was declining them, nonetheless, Cacon known as her again at 9.23, saying that he “had witnesses for right now and has been at his home all day” and that he was “taking his anger remedy and was not capable of drive.”
Madeline’s mates and brother had been let inside her residence by the supervisor, the place they discovered her purse, automotive keys, and her canine.
In line with them, it was out of character for Madfeline to go away her canine for greater than two hours at a time.
It was additionally revealed {that a} black sofa desk was lacking.
When officers arrived on the residence, they observed a mop with a unclean bucket of water subsequent to the entrance door and located that the ground was “extraordinarily sticky as it’s when an excessive amount of cleansing product is used when mopping the ground,” based on the arrest affidavit.
A neighbor instructed police that she was woken up by yelling heard from Madeline’s residence round 1.30am.
She mentioned that it was a person and a girl yelling and that the girl might be heard screaming.
Officers met with Chacon on Might 12 at 12.05am, who instructed them that he final noticed Madeline on Might 9 and had solely communicated along with her since then by cellphone, final listening to from her at 9pm on Might 10.
In line with the arrest affidavit, he was at his home round that point and stayed there through the evening.
A second welfare name from Madeline’s residence was made at 10.50am on Might 12, with the caller stating {that a} lady’s voice was heard inside Madeline’s residence.
Officers tried to contact the particular person inside however did not obtain a solution and didn’t discover Madeline.
Holes had been discovered within the rest room door and the door resulting in Madeline’s bed room was broken with hair connected to it.
The comforter on her mattress was additionally lacking and a darkish, pink stain was discovered on the mattress sheet, based on the affidavit.
Chacon was interviewed once more on Might 12 at 5.45pm and instructed officers that he forgot to say that he had drinks along with his cousin on Might 10, who picked him up in his truck from the identical residences the place Madeline lived.
Chacon mentioned he dropped his cousin off at his residence and texted him round 11.06pm to let him know he bought to his home.
Safety footage on Might 10 confirmed Chacon’s truck, which he mentioned he was the one one who drove it through the month of Might, close to an oil firm close to Madeline’s residence advanced.
The footage had a timestamp from 1.59am.
A search warrant for Chacon’s telephone information was obtained by detectives on Might 13 from AT&T, based on the affidavit.
A Flock digicam confirmed the license plate of Chacon’s pickup close to South County Street 1160 at 3.22am and proof from visitors and enterprise cameras and cellphone information had been capable of observe Chacon’s whereabouts between 12.26am and three.37am.
Detectives interviewed Chacon a 3rd time on Might 18, telling him that they had “discovered lies in his timeline.”
A polygraph was additionally tried through the interview however Chacon, who ended the interview, declined.
On Might 20, the Midland Police Division despatched the cellphone information from AT&T to the Texas Rangers, who then mapped out the geolocation for Might 10-12.
The geolocation confirmed an “approximate one-mile space round East County Street 190 and South County Street 1138 in Midland County,” based on the arrest affidavit.
A search of the realm was carried out by the MPD and Texas Rangers, ensuing within the discovery of human stays and jewellery that Madeline was recognized to put on.
Chacon was charged with homicide and is being held on the Midland County Jail on a $3million bond.
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