methamphetamine<\/a> (meth) that night. He reportedly also tied her to a bedpost for an extended period. She reportedly struck him at one point before he allegedly injected her body with pool cleaning chemicals and later strangled her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nPrestipino then allegedly transported Gonzalez’s body into the desert in a rented U-Haul truck. Several months later, on October 8, authorities found her body near Glendale, Nev.<\/p>\n
Her hands were tied, and her head and neck were covered with white tape, People<\/em> reported. The body was covered by blankets and stuffed in a 250-gallon water tank.<\/p>\nThe coroner\u2019s office was unable to identify a precise cause of death. Her identity was confirmed by DNA tests, the Post<\/em> reported.<\/p>\nGonzalez was reported missing by her brother. Later, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) detectives received a tip in the case and narrowed in on Prestipino as the suspect.<\/p>\n
Prestipino Reportedly Heard Voices<\/h2>\n Shortly after his arrest, Prestipino’s attorney claimed his client was hearing voices and had a diminished memory, according to the Daily Mail<\/em>. But he was never found incompetent to stand trial.<\/p>\nPrestipino\u2019s former roommate, Casandra Garrett, 43, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the model\u2019s death. She is scheduled to be sentenced on May 2.<\/strong><\/p>\nPrestipino\u2019s one-time girlfriend, Lisa Mort, pleaded guilty to accessory to murder in connection with the case. She was sentenced to between two and five years in prison.<\/p>\n
Gonzalez grew up in Mexico. She attended UNLV, People<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man pleaded guilty on Monday to the abduction and grisly murder of a 24-year-old model whose body was found in the Nevada desert encased in concrete. The defendant, Christopher Prestipino, 49, will be sentenced on April 25 for first-degree kidnapping and second-degree murder charges in connection with the 2019 Las Vegas death of Esmeralda […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":264442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[85479,13766,85480,23,82002],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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