Jorge Molina-Rivera Charged With Strangling His Girlfriend And Little Girl

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Jorge Molina-Rivera

A Knoxville man is charged with killing his girlfriend and their young daughter.

According to the Knox County Sheriff's Office, Jorge Molina-Rivera, 28, of Lake Brook Lane, is facing two counts of first degree murder. He is being held on a $2 million dollar bond.

Deputies responded to a home under construction on Rogers Island Lane in West Knox County on Sunday afternoon just before 3:30 pm. They found the bodies of the woman and child in a van, along with Molina-Rivera, who was unresponsive.

The home belongs to Dean Rice, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett's Chief of staff.

"My wife and I had just taken some family members up to see the house and saw the van parked there," Rice said. "It looked just like a van that was from a construction worker had left over the weekend."

After being treated at UT Medical Center, Molina-Rivera later told investigators he strangled the woman and child with a rope after an argument with his girlfriend. He then cut his arms and neck.

"Its horrible, its absolutely a tragedy. How anyone could possibly dream of doing that to a child, a girlfriend, a wife, whatever the situation was, nothing would justify that," Rice said.

Rice says he checked with the contractors working on the house to see if Molina-Rivera was subcontracted to do work.

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The woman and child's names and ages are not being released until their relatives are notified.

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[CbabyRKO]

What a...putrid piece of shit. Strangling someone is just so damn grotesque worse than the worst crime one could commit on another person. Especially someone you claim to love.

[Tundratot]

"He then cut his arms and neck." And he was found unresponsive. POS. Why do these murder/suicide guys never get it right?

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He is being held on $2 million bond.

Authorities said they were called to a home on Rogers Island Lane that still under construction shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Sunday where they found the woman and her daughter dead in a van. The names of the two victims are being withheld pending the notification of the family.

Molina-Rivera was also in the found in the van and was unresponsive, officials added. He was taken to UT Medical Center where he was treated for what were described as non-life-threatening injuries and released into the custody of police.

Molina-Rivera reportedly told police during their initial investigation that after an argument with his girlfriend he strangled her and her daughter with a rope.
Molina-Rivera and the victims were found on the property of Dean Rice, Chief of Staff for Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett. Rice says he was at the property on Sunday showing it to family members when deputies arrived. He says he thought the van was there as part of the construction crew.

"We didn't call or discover the crime," Rice said. "We saw the van but there was no indication of a crime. The sheriff's office arrived shortly after that, they were notified, but I don't know how they were notified."

A court date for Molina-Rivera has not been set.

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