Man accused of killing wife with vacuum cord denied release: CPD
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Brian Hernandez, 28, appeared in court on two counts of first-degree murder. He had been scheduled to appear Saturday, March 21, but the hearing was rescheduled at the request of a public defender.
He is accused of strangling his estranged wife with a vacuum power cord will remain in custody until his next court date, a judge ruled Monday.
The family of Estefania Abril-Hernandez reported her missing about 8 p.m. March 18, according to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office.
Authorities began investigating, and at about 2:45 a.m. March 19, Illinois State Police stopped Abril-Hernandez’s vehicle on Interstate 80. Hernandez was allegedly driving the car.
Prosecutors said Hernandez was in possession of Abril-Hernandez’s cellphone and was taken into custody.
Investigators later went to the couple’s former residence in Villa Park. At about 3:49 a.m. March 19, authorities entered through an unlocked window and found Abril-Hernandez dead on a bed in a second-floor bedroom, with a vacuum power cord wrapped tightly around her neck, prosecutors said.
Hernandez and Abril-Hernandez had gone to the home March 18 to clean and retrieve belongings ahead of a foreclosure auction scheduled for the following day.
Prosecutors said the couple argued and the dispute became physical, with Hernandez allegedly strangling Abril-Hernandez and wrapping the cord around her neck more than nine times.
