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Prosecutor: Family heard murder victim's screams, helpless to save her
Family members heard Francisca Quintero-Montoya screaming for her life Sunday behind a locked restroom door at Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village but were helpless to save her, prosecutors said Monday during a bond hearing for Quintero-Montoya's estranged husband, Javier Bahena-Arellano, who's now charged with her murder.
Bahena-Arellano, 43, was ordered held without bail on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and felony murder in the death of Quintero-Montoya, 42, of Burlington, Wisconsin.
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Quintero-Montoya, Bahena-Arellano and other family members were in the cardiac care unit at Alexian Brothers visiting Quintero-Montoya's brother, who died about 9:30 a.m. Sunday after suffering a heart attack, said Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Maria McCarthy.
Bahena-Arellano, who believed Quintero-Montoya was cheating on him, took her phone and went to his truck, where he read text messages that upset him, McCarthy said.
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Bahena-Arellano then confronted Quintero-Montoya about the text messages, followed her into a unisex restroom adjacent to a hospital waiting room and locked the door, McCarthy said.
Hearing Quintero-Montoya scream, family members tried to unlock the door but were unsuccessful. They overheard Bahena-Arellano say, "I told you what I was going to do to you." To which they said Quintero-Montoya cried, "Don't do this, I want to see my parents" and "Think of the children," McCarthy said.
Upon forcing the door open, family members found the victim lying on the floor, her chest covered in blood, while Bahena-Arellano stood above her, a screwdriver clenched in his fist, McCarthy said.
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He was still holding the screwdriver when hospital security confronted him, prosecutors said. When a guard told him to drop it, Bahena-Arellano thrust the screwdriver into the wall, according to prosecutors.
Unless a court later sets bond for Bahena-Arellano, he will remain in custody at the Cook County jail until his case is resolved. He next appears in court on April 13.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150323/news/150329616/