According to Stine’s phone call, the murder victim -- his cousin, 37-year-old Wesley Lord -- had just raped Vasquez. Responding troopers found Lord nude and lying face-down in a room at the hotel.
“They began to restrain the subject by putting him in handcuffs, at which point they noted his hands felt stiff and he was not breathing,” Harris wrote. “They found no pulse and summoned (emergency medical services), who confirmed the subject was deceased.”
Harris said investigators spoke with two other witnesses who were in the hotel room when Lord and Vasquez were having sex. One told troopers the act was consensual and followed a night of everyone drinking and smoking methamphetamine, while the other said he emerged from a shower to find Vasquez armed with a knife and threatening to kill him unless he said Lord had raped her.
Stine allegedly told investigators that he spent the day with the group, but was “ditched” and left -- when he returned, however, he looked through the window and saw Lord and Vasquez having sex.
The second witness “opened the window and told Stine that Lord had just raped Vasquez,” Harris wrote. “Stine crawled in through the window and charged Lord and a physical altercation ensued. Stine admitted to holding Lord down and punching him several times.”
Although Lord was knocked unconscious during the fight, the witnesses said both suspects continued to attack him.
“After Lord wasn’t fighting back, Stine continued to punch him in the face for 5-10 minutes,” Harris wrote. The second witness “also said after Stine attacked Lord, Vasquez went over to Lord and was covering his mouth with her hand and it appeared she was choking him.”
When investigators spoke with Vasquez, she initially said Lord had sexually assaulted her but eventually recanted that claim.
“Later Vasquez admitted she lied about being raped by Lord and she had consensual sex with him,”
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“They began to restrain the subject by putting him in handcuffs, at which point they noted his hands felt stiff and he was not breathing,” Harris wrote. “They found no pulse and summoned (emergency medical services), who confirmed the subject was deceased.”
Harris said investigators spoke with two other witnesses who were in the hotel room when Lord and Vasquez were having sex. One told troopers the act was consensual and followed a night of everyone drinking and smoking methamphetamine, while the other said he emerged from a shower to find Vasquez armed with a knife and threatening to kill him unless he said Lord had raped her.
Stine allegedly told investigators that he spent the day with the group, but was “ditched” and left -- when he returned, however, he looked through the window and saw Lord and Vasquez having sex.
The second witness “opened the window and told Stine that Lord had just raped Vasquez,” Harris wrote. “Stine crawled in through the window and charged Lord and a physical altercation ensued. Stine admitted to holding Lord down and punching him several times.”
Although Lord was knocked unconscious during the fight, the witnesses said both suspects continued to attack him.
“After Lord wasn’t fighting back, Stine continued to punch him in the face for 5-10 minutes,” Harris wrote. The second witness “also said after Stine attacked Lord, Vasquez went over to Lord and was covering his mouth with her hand and it appeared she was choking him.”
When investigators spoke with Vasquez, she initially said Lord had sexually assaulted her but eventually recanted that claim.
“Later Vasquez admitted she lied about being raped by Lord and she had consensual sex with him,”
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