A former FBI agent is sentenced to 60 years in prison for using fake identities and his secret tattoo studios to rape young women he promised modeling careers. A Florida man is sentenced to death for killing his pregnant mistress and their unborn son in 2018. Drew Nelson reports.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime al Art hourly update, breaking.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Crime news Now.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
I'm Drew Nelson, a former FBI agent, is sentenced to
sixty years in prison for using fake identities and his
secret tattoo studios to rape young women he promised modeling careers.
Eduardo Valdivia, aged forty one, once worked as a supervisory
special agent with the FBI in Maryland. He was convicted
in July after an eight day trial on six counts
(00:25):
of second degree rape and two counts of fourth degree
sex offense. Judge Cheryl McCauley called his crimes diabolical and
said they quote showed power, control and domination over other people.
State's attorney John McCarthy said after sentencing he was using
the techniques he learned in the FBI in terms of
brooming and manipulation to manipulate these young girls. McCarthy says
(00:48):
he learned how to take on different identities Valdivia using
fake names like Lolo Brown, Elbogie, and doctor Tiffany Kim.
The youngest victim in this case was a high school senior,
McCarthy said, as Valdivia stole everyone's smartphone sim cards as
he destroyed evidence, the prosecutors said it was probably the
first time she's ever had a defendant on the stand
(01:08):
actually admit that he destroyed evidence. Valdivia operated under the
name DC Fine Line Tattoos, using fake modeling contracts to
lure women between the ages of eighteen and twenty one.
One victim told reporters.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
To have somebody that tried to take something away from
me that wasn't his to take, and honestly, there was
nothing to take. You can't take from me something that
someone else has taken from me. I felt like I
had to speak.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Of The woman who asked not to be shown on
camera or identified by name, is relieved by the adjudication.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
The main fact is he's locked up, which is important.
The main fact is that he is separated for the
rest of us, and that's all that matters to me.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Valdibia committed one of the rapes while awaiting trial for
a twenty twenty metro train shooting, where he claimed self
defense after killing a man who threatened to take his gun.
He was acquitted and later returned to the FBI. Attorney
McCauley said she'd never seen a defendant destroy so much
evidence or show such calculated planning. Baldibia's crime stretched from
(02:08):
Potomac to Gaithersburg between twenty twenty two and twenty four.
The judge suspended twenty years of his eighty year sentence,
leaving him to serve sixty years in state prison. More
crime Man Justice News after this quote, Jose Soto Escallera,
(02:31):
I hereby sentence you to death for the first degree
murder of Tanya Wise. I also independently sentence you to
death for the first degree murder of her unborn child.
May God have mercy on your soul, the words of
circa judge Lawrence Merman, reading his decision in a Saint
Lucie County, Florida court room. Soto Escallera, aged forty nine,
showed no emotion as he heard the words. The Florida
(02:53):
man sentenced for killing his pregnant ministress and their unborn
son in twenty eighteen. A jury voted eight to four
last month to recommend the death penalty after finding Soto
Escallera guilty of two counts of first degree murder. Wise,
who was twenty three and eight and a half months pregnant,
was found face down in a ditch near Russou Road
on August twenty fourth of twenty eighteen, a passerby called
(03:15):
nine one one after discovering her body with her neck
slashed and signs of blunt force trauma. DNA tests confirmed
that Soto Escallea was the father of the unborn boy,
who Wise planned to name Josiah. Prosecutors said the killing
was meant to keep his wife from learning about the
affair and pregnancy. Investigators said Wide had confided in a
(03:35):
co worker that she was pregnant by Soto Escallea and
that he had given her five hundred dollars for an abortion.
She told the co worker she planned to tell his
wife when she refused to go through with it. Detectives
later discovered that Soto Escallera searched quote dead body in
the woods and quote wooded area dead body on Google
on the boarding of the murder. Witnesses also reported seeing
(03:57):
a truck matching his near the scene. During questioning, Soto
Escalra denied having an affair, but admitted to one sexual encounter.
He deleted phone calls and text messages from the week
before the killing, but left his search history intact. Wise
with a mother to an eight year old son. Soto
Escallera now awaits transferred to death row at the Florida
(04:18):
State Prison in Rayford. The FBI continues to search for
a man accused of killing one person and wounding another
in a Florida shooting more than forty years ago. Juan
Dios Garza is wanted for the nineteen eighty four murder
of Ricardo Chavez in Belglade. Investigators say Garza shot and
killed Chavez, then shot and injured Chavez his brother. The
(04:39):
attack happened on October twenty first of nineteen eighty four.
Three days later, Garza was charged in a Palm Beach
County courtroom with second degree murder and attempted second degree murder.
On January second, nineteen eighty five, a federal warrant was
issued in Miami, charging Garza with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Garza was born in Mexico on September fie thirteenth of
(05:00):
nineteen fifty three and is five foot seven to six
feet tall, weighing one hundred seventy eight to two hundred pounds,
with black hair and brown eyes. Agents say he also
has ties to McAllen, Mercedes and Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico.
The FBI warns that he should be considered armed and dangerous.
Garz's case remains open. Anyone with information has urged to
(05:21):
contact their nearest US embassy or consulate, or the nearest
FBI office. You can also send tips to tips dot
FBI dot gov or call eight hundred Call FBI for
the latest crime and justice news. Follow crime alert early
update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert.
I'm Drew Nelson.
Crime al Art hourly update, breaking.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Crime news Now.
Speaker 1 (00:03):
I'm Drew Nelson, a former FBI agent, is sentenced to
sixty years in prison for using fake identities and his
secret tattoo studios to rape young women he promised modeling careers.
Eduardo Valdivia, aged forty one, once worked as a supervisory
special agent with the FBI in Maryland. He was convicted
in July after an eight day trial on six counts
(00:25):
of second degree rape and two counts of fourth degree
sex offense. Judge Cheryl McCauley called his crimes diabolical and
said they quote showed power, control and domination over other people.
State's attorney John McCarthy said after sentencing he was using
the techniques he learned in the FBI in terms of
brooming and manipulation to manipulate these young girls. McCarthy says
(00:48):
he learned how to take on different identities Valdivia using
fake names like Lolo Brown, Elbogie, and doctor Tiffany Kim.
The youngest victim in this case was a high school senior,
McCarthy said, as Valdivia stole everyone's smartphone sim cards as
he destroyed evidence, the prosecutors said it was probably the
first time she's ever had a defendant on the stand
(01:08):
actually admit that he destroyed evidence. Valdivia operated under the
name DC Fine Line Tattoos, using fake modeling contracts to
lure women between the ages of eighteen and twenty one.
One victim told reporters.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
To have somebody that tried to take something away from
me that wasn't his to take, and honestly, there was
nothing to take. You can't take from me something that
someone else has taken from me. I felt like I
had to speak.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Of The woman who asked not to be shown on
camera or identified by name, is relieved by the adjudication.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
The main fact is he's locked up, which is important.
The main fact is that he is separated for the
rest of us, and that's all that matters to me.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
Valdibia committed one of the rapes while awaiting trial for
a twenty twenty metro train shooting, where he claimed self
defense after killing a man who threatened to take his gun.
He was acquitted and later returned to the FBI. Attorney
McCauley said she'd never seen a defendant destroy so much
evidence or show such calculated planning. Baldibia's crime stretched from
(02:08):
Potomac to Gaithersburg between twenty twenty two and twenty four.
The judge suspended twenty years of his eighty year sentence,
leaving him to serve sixty years in state prison. More
crime Man Justice News after this quote, Jose Soto Escallera,
(02:31):
I hereby sentence you to death for the first degree
murder of Tanya Wise. I also independently sentence you to
death for the first degree murder of her unborn child.
May God have mercy on your soul, the words of
circa judge Lawrence Merman, reading his decision in a Saint
Lucie County, Florida court room. Soto Escallera, aged forty nine,
showed no emotion as he heard the words. The Florida
(02:53):
man sentenced for killing his pregnant ministress and their unborn
son in twenty eighteen. A jury voted eight to four
last month to recommend the death penalty after finding Soto
Escallera guilty of two counts of first degree murder. Wise,
who was twenty three and eight and a half months pregnant,
was found face down in a ditch near Russou Road
on August twenty fourth of twenty eighteen, a passerby called
(03:15):
nine one one after discovering her body with her neck
slashed and signs of blunt force trauma. DNA tests confirmed
that Soto Escallea was the father of the unborn boy,
who Wise planned to name Josiah. Prosecutors said the killing
was meant to keep his wife from learning about the
affair and pregnancy. Investigators said Wide had confided in a
(03:35):
co worker that she was pregnant by Soto Escallea and
that he had given her five hundred dollars for an abortion.
She told the co worker she planned to tell his
wife when she refused to go through with it. Detectives
later discovered that Soto Escallera searched quote dead body in
the woods and quote wooded area dead body on Google
on the boarding of the murder. Witnesses also reported seeing
(03:57):
a truck matching his near the scene. During questioning, Soto
Escalra denied having an affair, but admitted to one sexual encounter.
He deleted phone calls and text messages from the week
before the killing, but left his search history intact. Wise
with a mother to an eight year old son. Soto
Escallera now awaits transferred to death row at the Florida
(04:18):
State Prison in Rayford. The FBI continues to search for
a man accused of killing one person and wounding another
in a Florida shooting more than forty years ago. Juan
Dios Garza is wanted for the nineteen eighty four murder
of Ricardo Chavez in Belglade. Investigators say Garza shot and
killed Chavez, then shot and injured Chavez his brother. The
(04:39):
attack happened on October twenty first of nineteen eighty four.
Three days later, Garza was charged in a Palm Beach
County courtroom with second degree murder and attempted second degree murder.
On January second, nineteen eighty five, a federal warrant was
issued in Miami, charging Garza with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Garza was born in Mexico on September fie thirteenth of
(05:00):
nineteen fifty three and is five foot seven to six
feet tall, weighing one hundred seventy eight to two hundred pounds,
with black hair and brown eyes. Agents say he also
has ties to McAllen, Mercedes and Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico.
The FBI warns that he should be considered armed and dangerous.
Garz's case remains open. Anyone with information has urged to
(05:21):
contact their nearest US embassy or consulate, or the nearest
FBI office. You can also send tips to tips dot
FBI dot gov or call eight hundred Call FBI for
the latest crime and justice news. Follow crime alert early
update on your favorite podcast app with this crime Alert.
I'm Drew Nelson.
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