Michel Escoto is in jail now as he got sentenced to prison life in May 2014.
Furthermore, he got accused of killing his wife Wendy after some days of their marriage, and his girlfriend declared that she helped him do the crime.
Although, Escoto declined to accept responsibility for murdering his wife during his sentencing hearing Wednesday.
Dateline; Where Is Michel Escoto Now?
Michel has been in jail since he was sentenced to prison for his life in May 2014, according to thefreelibrary.com. Before that, he got first sentenced to 30 days in lock-up.
He and Wendy Trapage were in the dash for a ceremony with no guests at Miami Beach City Hall. Similarly, the 28 years old bride was full of love, and she could not wait to marry him.
However, Wendy could not see the dark reason behind that and married Michel as soon as possible. She had signed a life insurance policy and has found dead just after their four days of weeding.
Wendy Trapage Muder Case
Wendy Trapage got found dead after she got married to Michael. Similarly, she got killed by her husband to take part in a scheme to collect a $1 million insurance policy.
Furthermore, the police caught Michael in 2005 for the murder of Wendy’s. Myriam Benitez as personal representative and as heir of the estate of her daughter, Yolanda Cerrillo, the ex-girlfriend of Escoto, for wrongful death.
In the murder case, David C. Miller was the judge, and the trial lengths lasted two days. Likewise, trial deliberations lasted four hours. It was the case of $44,000,000 which got held in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court.
The case got registered on September 4, 2013, and there were two parties, Myriam Benitez and the Estate of Wendy Marie Trapaga. The defender was Yolanda Cerrillo.
Michael Escoto’s Age And Girlfriend Details
Michael is 50 years old in 2022 and stands six feet and 0.2 inches tall. His ex-girlfriend’s name is Yolanda Cerrillo, who has helped him to kill his wife, Wendy.
Yolanda Cerrillo witnessed that she was desperately in love with Escoto, and she has given her everything possible to keep Michael in her life. She clarifies how Escoto planned to kill his wife.
They filled the tub, and then she went to the water, and he got kneeling inside the water and pushed her down with his hands, Yolanda told. She said that Escoto released his wife once and notified him why he wouldn’t be successful.
Yolanda told Michael that it would not work as the force of him holding her down in the water would leave bruises.