GUILTY FL - Maria Nemeth, 31, brutally murdered, Sunrise, 20 Sept 2015

borndem said:

If Lopez's attorney doesn't order a psych exam for this ~man~, he needs to be replaced. I don't think Lopez is insane, but I think a professional should examine him -- if nothing else, for appeal reasons. Maybe she was fairly drunk as well, and maybe she really did say her ex's name. I think he was drunk on tequila (crazy juice, IMO) and lost his temper in a big way -- maybe her saying that name touched a raw nerve with him somehow. Something horrible did come over him, certainly, that night.

The folks who spoke of knowing him before this happened, spoke fondly of him and paid him compliments, etc. But hearing her say that name -- if she did -- sent him way off his cork somehow that night. I know I wouldn't like it one little bit for sure.

This case is gonna be a hum-dinger, I think, if we can stand it through the details... Oh, my. SMH.

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EllieBee said:

I often think I would weenie out and not be able to swing a bat or shoot a gun at someone who threatened me. (My kid? Whole other story: I will kill a beesh)

But, (sorry), to actually reach in and ugh, do that, and see and feel the viscera....Holy Hell on Ice Skates. That ain't bath salts, that's broke-and-can't-be-fixed. Oh, and sheet house rat CRAZY.

I can't stop thinking about this. Wish I could.

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Discovery documents have been released in the grisly death of a woman allegedly murdered by her boyfriend during sex.

Suspected killer Fidel Lopez underwent a grilling from Sunrise Police detectives during an hours-long interrogation last September.

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Lopez maintained that he loved Nemeth. “She’s a good girl,” he said. “She’s a perfect girl, man. She’s my love.”

Then, a short time later, Lopez admitted that he snapped after Nemeth called him by her ex-husband’s name during sex.

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Prosecutors also released a crime scene video taken after the murder. The video shows the apartment, an open bottle of tequila, sliced limes, a smashed sliding glass door and a hole in a wall. It also shows so an extremely bloody crime scene, especially in the closet.

Lopez’s attorney asked the judge in the case to keep these court documents and police videos hidden from the public. However, CBS 4 News went to court to make sure we could view them as public records, like we do in almost all high profile criminal cases.

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Prosecutors also released transcripts of numerous phone calls that Lopez made from jail. In one of the calls, he told a family member that in the days after the murder he was being haunted by Maria Nemeth’s death and couldn’t sleep. He said, “Each time that I close my eyes I have that in mind.”

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bluesneakers said:

Crazy stories come out of Florida ALL the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Man

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borndem said:

bbm

Exactly. There is so much we cannot do -- but we can stand with the victim and his or her family.

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borndem said:

bbm

Just re-reading some pages from this thread, and I have to say that the phrase above is all of it in a nutshell. There are no words that can make this one better after saying that at least her suffering is over. This crime brings a lifelong sentence on all those who loved her.

I can't imagine being a juror and evaluating this one and having to look at the pictures as a part of my duty as a US citizen.

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Attorneys defending a Sunrise man accused of disemboweling his girlfriend after she said another man's name during sex say they are ready for his day in court, prompting a Broward judge to set jury selection for Feb. 13.

Defense lawyer Melisa McNeill said Thursday that the decision to demand a speedy trial, a constitutional right waived more often than it's invoked, was made for one reason only. "We're ready for trial," she said.

The timing of the request has another benefit for Fidel Lopez, 25, who is charged with first degree murder and two counts of sexual battery in the Sept. 20, 2015 slaying of Maria Nemeth. Putting the case in front of a jury as soon as possible blocks the state from seeking the death penalty because Florida's method for imposing the sentence has been ruled unconstitutional.

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KayElJay said:

Speedy trial demand knocks out death penalty in Sunrise disemboweling case

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An appeals court breathed new life into Broward prosecutors’ bid to seek the death penalty for Fidel Lopez, the Sunrise man who told police he disemboweled his girlfriend in a tequila-fueled rage in 2015.

The Fourth District Court of Appeal issued a stay early Monday afternoon, bringing jury selection to a sudden halt in the courtroom of Broward Circuit Judge Ilona Holmes.

Holmes had granted a defense motion for a speedy trial and barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in the gruesome case. Coupled with the defendant’s demand for a speedy trial, the timing could have spared Lopez from execution if he were to be convicted.

But prosecutors appealed Holmes’ order, and the higher court agreed to give the state at least enough time to make its argument to preserve the death penalty.

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