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A 30-year-old woman in Texas who was originally believed to have been kidnapped after a mutual acquaintance killed her husband has been arrested after investigators say they discovered she was having a sexual relationship with the shooter and tried to help him out. cover up the crime. Maryann Demetro was arrested Monday and charged with tampering with, destroying or concealing a human corpse, court records reviewed by Law & Crime show.
According to the San Antonio Police Department, Demetro was “involved” in the murder of her husband of 50 years, Nick Hallam, who was allegedly shot and killed by Jose Carlos Alvarez, 50, on Sunday at a home located in the 4000 block of Medical Drive. SAPD spokesman Ricardo Guzman said Demetro made the initial 911 call around 9 a.m. Sunday and informed the emergency dispatcher that her husband had been “shot to death.” She also reportedly indicated that she was being kidnapped.
“She claimed that her husband was a victim who was shot inside an apartment and that the suspect who shot the victim was also inside the apartment holding her against her will at gunpoint,” Guzman said during a news conference on Monday. “She was able to get away and call the police, so the police came and took the suspect (Alvarez) involved in that shooting into custody. So he was arrested that morning.”
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Hallam was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the neck. Court records show Alvarez has been charged with one count of murder and one count of tampering with, destroying or concealing a dead body and is being held on a combined $225,000 bond. However, investigators say they soon uncovered evidence indicating that Demetro was not a victim, but in fact aided the alleged killer of her husband’s efforts to cover up the murder.
“She actually helped the suspect try to get the body out of the apartment,” Guzman said. “She was found trying to clean up evidence inside the apartment. So with that information, homicide detectives obtained a warrant for tampering with, destroying, or concealing a human corpse. After walking that warrant, homicide detectives located her at the San Antonio airport about to flee the city, so they were able to apprehend her before she got on the plane.”
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Investigators said they obtained surveillance footage of the alleged attempt to remove Hallam’s body and clean up forensic evidence, and it did not appear on the video that Demetro was helping Alvarez against her will. Officer Guzmán also said that investigators “know” that Demetro and Álvarez “have some kind of relationship,” but said they were not sure of the exact nature of it.
When asked if the fatal shooting could have been sparked by “some kind of domestic love triangle,” Guzmán replied that it “could be.” Demetro told first responders that she, her husband, and her Álvarez were at Álvarez’s home drinking alcohol when Álvarez “suddenly shot and killed” Hallam, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the San Antonio Express. News.
But when Álvarez was taken into custody, she allegedly told police that she was acting in self-defense when she shot Hallam and claimed that Demetro had tried to help him move the body, but Hallam was too heavy for the duo. A neighbor’s doorbell camera footage reportedly showed they were unable to move the body in the hallway of the apartment complex and then returned the body to the apartment. Demetro can then be seen outside the apartment trying to clean up the blood, police said.
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In addition, Alvarez claimed that she had been in a sexual relationship with Demetro for several months before shooting Hallam, according to News-Express. Demetro reportedly told investigators that after shooting her husband, Álvarez confessed that he only did it because he was in love with her and wanted them to be together.Read More…….
