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Rafael MORALES MAGAÑA / EL MEXICANOmiércoles, 25 de noviembre de 2009

TIJUANA.- La finlandesa Kaija Helena Katippen Conway, de 54 años fue asesinada el pasado 22 de noviembre por su pareja sentimental.

Robert Alan Fracarelli de 49 años confesó que mató a su mujer debido a que se encontraba cansado de tantas humillaciones.

Los hechos se dieron cuando Fracarelli golpeó a Kaija Helena con un martillo, que luego limpio y tiro en un tambo de basura que estaba en el patio.

El sujeto dijo que planeo asesinarla y engañar a las autoridades inventando un supuesto asalto por hombres armados pero después de caer en varias contradicciones y ante las evidencias encontradas por la Policía Ministerial en la casa #1429 de la calle Piñas en la sección Jardines de Playas de Tijuana el detenido terminó por confesar su culpabilidad.

En caso de comprobarse su responsabilidad podría recibir una sentencia de hasta 50 años de prisión.


"...El compañero de la víctima, un ciudadano estadounidense...no está bajo sospecha y está cooperando con las autoridades..."

I bet.

Boyfriend detained in Tijuana killing

By Sandra Dibble

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 6:03 p.m.

TIJUANA — A Finnish woman found dead inside her home in Playas de Tijuana on Sunday was killed in a dispute with her live-in boyfriend, a U.S. citizen named Robert Alan Frascarelli, the Baja California Attorney General’s Office reported Wednesday.

Frascarelli, 49, told investigators he used a hammer to repeatedly strike Kaija Helena Kauppinen Conway, 54, said Fermin Gomez, deputy attorney general. He then strangled her, Gomez said. Conway also was a U.S. permanent resident.

Frascarelli, who is in Mexican custody, had been living in Tijuana with Conway for three months, and was being supported by her, according to investigators. He told authorities she had humiliated him, demanding he clean the carpets, wash her clothes, and on Sunday night he grew infuriated when she accused him of stealing $7,000.

Frascarelli was using crystal methamphetamine when he killed her, Gomez said. Frascarelli has a U.S. criminal record that includes at least three felony convictions for possession of marijuana. San Diego federal court records show he was stopped twice at the border trying to smuggle marijuana into the United States.

Frascarelli had initially told investigators two hooded men had broken into the residence, tying him up and demanding money; when he was able to free himself he said he found Conway dead in another room.

Under questioning, the story unraveled, and authorities say Frascarelli confessed.