Jorge Meza-Alarcon Jr. (El Paso County Sheriff’s Office)
Colorado authorities arrested a man who they say murdered a woman he met over Snapchat by strangling her with a chokehold.
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call around 2:30 a.m. on Aug. 1 from a man requesting a welfare check on an unresponsive woman at a home in the 13000 block of Halleluiah Trail. Medical personnel arrived and pronounced the woman dead. After conducting several interviews, deputies arrested 26-year-old Jorge Meza-Alarcon Jr. for first-degree murder .
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An arrest affidavit obtained by the Colorado Springs Gazette and local CBS affiliate KKTV said deputies found the victim, 18-year-old Annabelle Floren-Wyant, inside the home with blood near her ear and on her pants and underwear at her ankles. One of her friends reportedly told cops he had dropped Floren-Wyant at the home around 1 a.m. to “collect money” from Meza-Alarcon. Floren-Wyant had gotten weird vibes from Meza-Alarcon and requested the friend stay in touch via text, the affidavit reportedly said. The friend stopped hearing from her after about 90 minutes so he called the police.