FL Man shoots wife, posts photo and confession on facebook

[RubberBullets 65]

Sorry for the huffpo link, but this is already igniting more gun nut speculation.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/08/derek-medina-facebook_n_3728077.html?ncid=webmail1

 

A horrifying crime scene in South Miami hit Facebook Thursday when a man posted a photo of his dead wife -- and a confession that he had killed her.

Derek Medina posted the photo some time around noon Thursday, with the words "Rip Jennifer Alfonso." The image shows his wife's body slumped backwards from her knees on the floor in what appears to be the couple's kitchen. Her face and arms are covered in blood.

"You will see me in the news," reads a confessional status update posted minutes before the photo:

Im going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife love you guys miss you guys takecare Facebook people you will see me in the news" my wife was punching me and I am not going to stand anymore with the abuse so I did what I did I hope u understand me "

According to an arrest affidavit by Miami-Dade Police, Medina told investigators he and Alfonso had a verbal dispute around 10:00 a.m., during which he grabbed a gun from a closet and pointed it at his wife. She reportedly told Medina she was leaving him before the dispute moved downstairs.

There, Medina told police, Alfonso began punching him. He retrieved the gun from upstairs and again confronted his wife, prompting her to pick up a knife. He told detectives that when he took the knife away, his wife began hitting him again, at which point he shot her several times.

After first changing his clothes and making contact with relatives, according to investigators, Medina drove himself to the South Miami Police Department and turned himself in.

Officers found Alfonso dead from apparent gunshot wounds when they responded to the home.

They also found her 10-year-old daughter upstairs, physically unharmed.

Miami New Times reports Medina has authored a number of self-help e-books, including one titled "How I Saved Someone's Life and Marriage and Family Problems Thru Communication."

A neighbor told NBC6 that Medina "walks around with a concealed gun, so he tries to be the neighborhood watchguy."

"He's always there late night and he's weird to me," said Yoshi Dade. "He's always kind of looking around and trying to be a hero."

Incredibly, Medina's grisly posts remained published on Facebook until just before 5 p.m. Thursday, when they appeared to have been removed.

"The content was reported to us," a Facebook spokeswoman told The Associated Press. "We took action on the profile -- removing the content and disabling the profile, and we reached out to law enforcement. We take action on all content that violates our terms, which are clearly laid out on our site."

 

[wink-_-wink 1]

HOLY CRAP!  with a kid in the house.... shame

[wink-_-wink 1]

you can see the picture on gawker if you really want to... 160 people shared the photo on FB... how friggen crazy...

[RubberBullets 65]

That and liveleak had the photo.. i figure I refrain from posting here to keep it SFW and not offend the sensibilities of some. 

[7-3-2 9]

What a friggin nut! I really dont have much else to say, people are totally crazy!

[RUTGERS95 890]

love how the paper went on to discuss his concealed carry and watching the neighborhood

[RubberBullets 65]

Yes they were very quick to draw parallels to the zimmerman case. Especially it being in FL. This guy apparently has written a few self help books (irony much?) And was a regular youtube poster. Either way this guy is probably going to fill the void that was left with the end of GZ/TM uproar

 

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[Krdshrk 3,878]

Gawker link.

http://gawker.com/husband-murders-wife-posts-photo-of-body-on-facebook-1070464775

 

If you're really interested in the photo....

http://i.imgur.com/pk6ok7F.jpg

[olderguy 0]

I was just commenting this morning how many people live their lives on line through their smartphones; that the internet has replaced their reality.  He was more concerned with his "facebook friends" than the child upstairs.  Technology has replaced real life; what happens if it suddenly doesn't work?  We will truly have zombies walking around wondering what happened to their world.

[raz-0 1,259]

 This guy apparently has written a few self help books (irony much?) 

 

It's not irony. Having met a number of people who publish self help books, pretty much every one of them had lives that were total wrecks. Most of them other than the more famous ones that make a business out of it mostly have jsut shelled out huge piles of money trying to get the answers on how to make life work, and are just trying to get on the money earning side of the line. 

[voyager9 3,437]

The murder and subsequent postings anger me less then the fact that he did this with a 10-year old in the house.