A 64-year-old Pasadena man, Valentino Gutierrez, allegedly murdered and dismembered his wife in an abandoned restaurant. Then, he is accused of traveling to a Home Depot parking lot with her remains in his suitcase and setting it on fire.
According to a Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office release, the incident occurred on February 1, 2018. Firefighters responded to a blaze at a Home Depot parking lot on Figueroa Street. After putting out the fire, the firefighters were shocked to find human remains.
By using surveillance video footage, investigators identified a suspect and then arrested Guitierrez. It is alleged by authorities that Gutierrez carried out the gruesome murder in late January at an abandoned Pasadena restaurant, which had been closed for months.
Gruesome Murder
As reported by Law & Crime, citing the prosecutors, Guitierrez allegedly strangled his wife, Tiana Alfred, 31, to death and then dismembered her body. He is accused of traveling on a Gold Line Metro train with a suitcase containing his wife’s remains. Then, he allegedly drove a bicycle to the Home Depot parking lot, setting the remains on fire…