Woman Killed Hours After Honeymoon; Husband Arrested

Local10 News (Florida) ^

[Millee]

Police have arrested the husband of a woman who was found three years ago beaten to death and tossed behind a trash bin just hours after the couple returned from their honeymoon.A sanitation worker found the body of Wendy Trapaga, 21, early in the morning on Monday, Oct. 14, 2002. The body was next to a Dumpster along the 7200 block of Northwest 70th Street. Her face was badly beaten, according to police.

She and her husband, Michael Escoto, 35, had come back from her honeymoon late Sunday, Oct. 13, 2002. The couple had eloped, according to family members.

According to an attorney for the Trapaga family, the couple took out a life insurance policy worth $1 million just before their Oct. 10, 2002 wedding. Escoto was the beneficiary.

Early in the investigation, police said that they considered Escoto the prime suspect, but investigators said they did not have enough evidence to arrest him.

Police arrested Escoto Monday at the Fontainebleau Apartments in Miami where he was living with a girlfriend, but they have not yet said what evidence led to the warrant.

[JoJo Gunn]

I think we had seven or eight on board once (all arguing with one another too!)

Sybil is a Freeper???

[Darksheare]

The small group on the one thread that was a seeming "United Auto Workers" style convention.

I expected at any moment to hear them bust out with "Arise ye Russian People"..

[gloworm27]

I haven't checked in a long time on who posted replies to what I said but your's stood out. I don't know how old you are but I can only say from what I read that you are either inexperienced (young) or a man or even both for that matter. I have experienced great relationships with older men and it did not involve being taken advantage of, or abuse of murder for that matter. I'm 41 sweety, it exist and i'm no child or wishful day daydreamer and my life is a reality with much more experience than your little mind can fathom. Thanks for the sympathetic thoughts to me of my sister. Your so kind!