‘Killer stepmom’ is captured in Mexico after three years on run: ‘Murdered millionaire husband, his son and daughter after she was caught sleeping with stepson and co-worker’
- Berenice Alanís was apprehended in Acapulco, Mexico, on Wednesday
- She was wanted for orchestrating the April 5, 2019 triple murder of her husband Jacobo Quesada and her stepchildren Jacobo Quesada Jr. and Patricia Quesada
- Authorities say she ordered the murders and hired assassins after Jacobo Quesada removed her from his will in 2018
- He had caught her cheating on him, sleeping with his son and another worker at the gym he owned
- Assassins arrived at the gym on April 5, 2019 while Alanís distracted the front desk worker and went to an office where they executed the family
An alleged killer stepmom has been captured after three years on the run on suspicion of murdering her millionaire husband and stepkids after she was removed from a will over an alleged affair with her stepson and a colleague.
Berenice Alanís was apprehended Wednesday at a hotel in the Mexican resort town of Acapulco.
The capture was made possible by an alert guest, who had recognized her face from wanted posters, Telediario news network reported.
The person recorded Alanís’ movements on a phone and alerted the police.
Authorities said Alanís reportedly hired the assassins who walked into the Mexico City gym owned by her husband Jacobo Quesada, 51, and executed him along with his son Jacobo Quesada Jr., 25, and daughter Patricia Quesada, 24, on April 5, 2019.
Berenice Alanís was arrested in Acapulco, Mexico, on Wednesday. She is accused of plotting the April 2019 murder of her husband Jacobo Quesada and her stepchildren, Jacobo Quesada Jr., 25, and Patricia Quesada, 24
Berenice Alanís on the left with her stepson Jacobo Quesada Jr.; husband Jacobo Quesada, and stepdaughter Patricia Quesada
Alanís was taken into custody several days after the triple murder, but was released by a judge on bail, only to then flee.
She was reportedly spotted in the cities of Querétaro, Hidalgo, Puebla, Guerrero and Las Vegas while evading capture.
Alanís was hired in 2003 by Jacobo Quesada as part of the cleaning crew at the gym before they started dating. He then abandoned his wife Patricia Arellano and married Alanís.
It is unclear when they began dating and when he left his wife for Alanís.
Jacobo Quesada and his children made her a part of the family and took her on vacations, including a visit to New York where they went shopping and attended a New York Yankees game.
Authorities became suspicious of Alanís as she started selling off her husband’s fleet of luxury cars by changing the name on the titles of the vehicles
Jacobo (right) hired Berenice (left) in 2003 and then began dating her before eventually divorcing his wife and marrying the woman who ended up marrying the woman who hired assassins to kill him and his two children
He sought an end to the relationship in late 2018 after he had discovered Alanís was cheating on him and sleeping with Jacobo Quesada Jr. and a gym employee.
The night of the murder, Jacobo Quesada was with his children inside an office at the gym when Alanís arrived to exercise.
Alanís asked the front desk attendant for help with a workout routine. The killers then walked through the entrance and headed toward the office where they gunned down Quesada and his children.
Investigators became suspicious of Alanís’ activities after she took his fleet of luxury vehicles, including two Corvettes, and changes the name of all the titles before selling them off in 2019.
A judge approved a warrant for her arrest December 20, 2019, after prosecutors showed evidence that Alanís had plotted the murder because she was cut out of the will and her husband’s $20 million fortune.
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