A Texas man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering his wife and her lover and then tricking his son into disposing of his mother’s body.
Jordy Husein Suljanovic, 46, was found guilty on Tuesday of fatally shooting his wife Adriana Perez, 41, and her boyfriend, 33-year-old Omar Santamaria-Ruiz, after he hit them at their Houston home on Oct. 2, 2018 with a gun hidden camera had caught .
After the murders, Suljanovic and his 21-year-old son, Jordy Suljanovic Jr., drove to Louisiana, where Santamaria-Ruiz’s body was dumped in the woods outside of Natchitoches.
According to authorities, Suljanovic Jr dumped his mother’s body near the Atchafalaya River outside of Baton Rouge.
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Jordy Husein Suljanovic, left, has been convicted of the murder of his wife Adriana Perez in Texas. (FOX 26 Houston KRIV)
He pleaded guilty last year to tampering with evidence, namely a dead body, in exchange for a five-year prison sentence.
Suljanovic Sr., a Bosnian refugee-turned-truck driver, reportedly sold his home and fled to Mexico City with his two young daughters, his son, and his son’s 16-year-old girlfriend.
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The plan was to flee to Bosnia, but police arrested him in London after the first leg of their journey and transferred him back to Houston.
On Tuesday, after an eight-day trial, Suljanovic was convicted of capital murder and automatically sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Jordy Suljanovic Jr. admitted to disposing of his mother’s body after his father killed her. (FOX 26 Houston KRIV)
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Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement after the sentencing that Suljanovic “killed two people, including the mother of his children, and attempted to flee the country to avoid responsibility.”
“We know that domestic violence can escalate to murder, and that’s why it’s so important to seek justice for the victims in such cases,” she said.
Assistant District Attorney Lauren Bard, who prosecuted the case with ADA Kim Nwabeke, said Suljanovic had a history of abusive behavior towards his wife.
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“She had been verbally and physically abused by him. And since she was born and raised in Mexico, she didn’t have her own citizenship and probably didn’t feel like she could go, she had nowhere to go,” Bard said, according to FOX 26 Houston.
“I’m sure she felt trapped, and she also had two younger daughters and probably stayed in part because of the kids.”
Chris Eberhart is a crime and US news reporter for Fox News Digital. Email tips to [email protected] or on Twitter @ChrisEberhart48
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