I was shocked that they were not trotting out the ‘lone-wolf’ stuff from the get-go, insisting no one else was involved before the crime-scene was clear.
And he may have been inspired to act on his own. Wonder where the $$ came from for the airline ticket. It sounds like he was barely scraping by, living in the girlfriends place. Why no interest in her, first?
What about the employer who called the FBI regarding the killer’s rhetoric at work? Normally you would call the police first, unless it’s terrorism related.
Instead they interview his sweet Aunt in NJ that hasn’t seen him in four years. Nothing from the mother. The brother is Naples is vague. One article said his last record of address was the brother.
40 year old mother w a previous child...
According to charging documents provided by the Anchorage prosecutor’s office on January 10, 2016, Santiago verbally assaulted his then girlfriend, a 40-year old mother of one child from a previous marriage.
Through a locked bathroom door, telling her to “Get the f-ck out, b-tch.” After he forced his way in by breaking down the door, he smacked her in the head and strangled her. By the time police arrived, Santiago had fled the scene.
Santiago was arrested days later and released on the condition that he have no contact with the victim, but in February, Anchorage police found him at his girlfriend’s residence and he was charged for violating the conditions of his release. That case is still pending.
Alaska court records show a criminal record under Santiago’s name for minor traffic infractions including operating a vehicle without insurance and a broken taillight. Records also show his landlord evicted him for non-payment of rent in February 2015.
The assault case was resolved in March when Santiago entered into a deferred prosecution agreement, an alternative to adjudication where prosecutors agreed to dismiss the charges in exchange for Esteban’s completion of requirements, the details of which are unknown.
Anchorage municipal prosecutor Seneca Theno said the charges are unlikely to be dropped now, considering Santiago’s alleged attack in Florida.