Married to Murder: The Bizarre and True Accounts of People Who Married Murderers Read Online Free PDF Page A

Cingolani would have brought some special guests to the marriage ceremony in Pico Truncado, Argentina; armed police officers that escorted him from prison. Cingolani is serving a 13-year sentence for the murder of Edith Casas’s twin sister, Johana. The marriage was blocked at the last minute by a judge who responded to an order requested by Edith’s mother.
    Johana’s body was found dumped in a field outside of town in 2010. At the time Cingolani was reportedly Johana’s boyfriend. Besides the police, the only guests at the wedding were two friends of Edith’s. Edith’s mother, Marcelina, refused to attend the ceremony. Edith’s father, Valentin Casas, also refused to attend the wedding.  Instead, Marcelina told the press that her daughter was suffering from mental health problems.
     

Murder of a Girlfriend
    Cingolani is one of two men accused of murdering Johana Casas. The other, Marcos Diaz, a friend of Cingolani’s, is scheduled to go on trial for the murder in 2013. Diaz was reportedly the last person to see Johana Casas alive.
    Johana believes that Cingolani, who was convicted of the murder in 2012, is innocent; she told the Argentine media that she didn’t think Cingolani would hurt a fly. Argentine newspapers reported that Cingolani said he was involved with Johana, a model, in a “casual relationship.” Press reports indicate that Cingolani was Johana’s boyfriend at the time. Cingolani has told the Argentine media that he was in love with Edith at the time of Johana’s death.
    It isn’t clear what Marcos Diaz had to do with the murder. Media reports indicate that the circumstances of the killing remain mysterious. Cingolani’s lawyer has claimed that cigarettes found at the murder scene prove that Diaz was the real killer. The attorney has also said he has witnesses that can prove Diaz was the real killer.
    Some newspaper reports indicate that Diaz, and not Cingolani, was Johana’s boyfriend at the time of her murder. The nature of Cingolani’s relationship with Johana has never been adequately explained.
     

Family Feud
    Edith’s parents are doing everything in their power to prevent the relationship from becoming legalized. Edith’s mother, Marcelina del Carmen Orellana, petitioned a court to block the wedding because she thinks her daughter is mentally ill.
    A judge agreed with Orellana and issued an order blocking the marriage. Orellana’s lawyer told reporters that Edith was not in full control of her faculties and that her physical and psychological health were threatened by the relationship.
    The judge was scheduled to make a final ruling on the marriage on December 31, 2013. Edith’s parents were concerned because she had left home and moved in with Cingolani’s sister two weeks before the scheduled wedding. News reports haven’t revealed whether the judge has allowed the wedding yet or not.
    Edith is also backing Cingolani’s appeal of the murder conviction. Instead, she doesn’t think that Cingolani is a violent person. She also told the press that she is not mad. Cingolani told the press that he and Edith have a lot of things in common.
     

Love Triangle Leads to Murder
    It’s easy to see why Edith’s parents want to prevent the wedding. They are afraid that Cingolani will kill Edith like he did Johana. One frightening aspect of the whole situation is that no motive for the crime has been put forward. A possible motive is that Diaz killed Johana because she was cheating on him with Cingolani.
    Cingolani has admitted that he dated Johana and had a casual relationship with her. He has denied being Johana’s boyfriend and instead insists he was already in love with Edith at the time of the murder.
    Another possibility is that Cingolani helped Diaz kill Johana. If he did, he obviously doesn’t think much of his fiancé or her family. If he truly loved Edith, Cingolani would not have been involved in the murder of her twin sister.
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