Santiago Domínguez is accused of murdering his girlfriend in a motel
- Santiago Domínguez is accused of having shot his girlfriend to death in a motel room
- Lexia Lafon Kimberling was the mother of two children and so far the motive for the crime remains unknown
- Domínguez faces a sentence of 20 to 99 years in prison if convicted of the girl’s murder
Santiago Domínguez was arrested in Dallas, Texas, accused of the gunshot homicide of his girlfriend Lexia Lafon Kimberling in a motel. Agents of the Homicide Division of the Dallas Police Department (DPD) charged Domínguez with the felony charge of first degree murder.
The young Santiago Domínguez, 24, was arrested in the early morning of Saturday, April 17, 2021, accused of having killed his girlfriend Kimberling, 30, a day in which the couple had gone out on a date and spent a few hours in a room of the Super Seven motel, located at 9626 CF Hawn Freeway, southeast of the Dallas metropolitan area.
Santiago Domínguez is accused of the murder of his girlfriend
The arrest warrant against Santiago Domínguez, consulted by MundoHispánico in Texas, it details that at 12:13 am on Saturday, April 17, employees of the Super Seven motel called the emergency number of the DPD, to report that shots had been heard in one of the rooms.
The hotel employee who spoke with the authorities informed them that the room in which the events had occurred had been rented by a boy who identified himself as Santiago Domínguez, through a driver’s license and had rented the room only for the night.
Santiago Domínguez and the shots in the middle of the night
Several DPD patrols arrived at the Super Seven motel and, given the seriousness of what the employee had told them, they surrounded the room from which the shots had been heard and the agents asked the occupants to open the door to find out what was happening .
The door to the room was opened by Santiago V. Domínguez, as his name appears in the case documents, and the boy did not offer resistance when the agents disarmed him, since he was carrying a pistol with him. In the bed of the room the patrolmen found a girl, a white Caucasian, dead from at least one bullet, although several shots were heard from inside the room.
Santiago Domínguez fired the bullets at a short distance
When the patrols discovered the body of the young woman, the DPD patrols requested the presence of the agents of the Homicide Division to investigate the death of the girl. While the officers waited for their colleagues, they had Santiago V. Domínguez on patrol.
Inside the room in which Santiago V. Domínguez was, the agents recovered five casings from a firearm that matched the one they confiscated from the boy. In the arrest warrant for the young man, it is detailed that the shots were fired at a short distance from his girlfriend Lexia Lafon Kimberling. Filed Under: Santiago Domínguez.
Santiago Domínguez and one more death from domestic violence
Based on that evidence, agents from the DPD Homicide Division charged Santiago V. Domínguez with a first degree murder charge and the boy was taken to the Dallas County jail to face legal process. Domínguez refused to testify why he killed his girlfriend Lexia Lafon Kimberling, a mother of two.
The Texas State Penal Code It details that the charge of murder in the first degree, such as the one faced by Santiago V. Domínguez, carries a penalty of 20 to 99 years in prison for anyone who pleads guilty to that crime after facing trial. Santiago V. Domínguez requested that a public defender be assigned to him because he cannot afford his. Filed Under: Santiago Domínguez.
The dating violence pandemic
According to the non-profit organization National Domestic Violence Hotline, one in four girls in the United States suffers from a relationship in which their boyfriend abuses them in some way. In many cases, the abusive relationship begins against girls as soon as they meet a boy in high school.
According to that same organization, every minute an average of 24 people, men and women, suffer some type of violence, rape, harassment and intimidation by their partners. That makes a total of 12 million people a year being victims of domestic violence, like the victim in the case against Santiago V. Domínguez. Filed Under: Santiago Domínguez.
There is help for victims of domestic violence
On the National Domestic Violence Help Line, which can be consulted online, there are a series of recommendations in Spanish for people who suffer from partner abuse. The organization explains that there are different types of domestic violence and that the victim must learn to identify them.
One of the new forms of domestic violence, according to the organization, is that of harassment through social networks and that many young women suffer from their partners. Psychologists and social workers from the National Domestic Violence Hotline call this type of domestic violence ‘digital abuse’. Filed Under: Santiago Domínguez.
The rise of ‘digital abuse’
The ‘digital abuse’ is important because it can be the first step for a relationship between two people to increase in more serious cases of domestic violence with beatings, insults, rape or even, as in the alleged case of Santiago V. Domínguez, it can arrive until murder.
The organization explains that the first step in ‘digital abuse’ is usually when the boyfriend, or girlfriend in many cases, controls his partner’s friends on Facebook or other social networks and requires passwords to know who he was talking to and in What a moment. Filed Under: Santiago Domínguez.
People have the right to have friends without prohibitions
Another form of so-called ‘digital abuse’, very frequent even among married couples, is when one of the two demands the other to be constantly glued to the phone to answer calls in any way since, failing to do so, could face consequences .
The National Domestic Violence Helpline, according to its information in Spanish, explains that anyone has the right to turn off their phone to be able to spend time with their family and friends without these activities having to anger their partner. Filed Under: Santiago Domínguez.
The problem of ‘sexting’
In addition, the ‘sexting’ (sexual messages or explicit photos) by phone or social networks has to be agreed between the two people and either party can refuse to send that type of messages, if they do not feel confident with what they are ask your partner.
The National Domestic Violence Helpline offers the telephone number 1.800.799.7233 and there are operators in the organization who speak in Spanish. The organization also offers shelters, legal counseling, therapy and support groups, a community support network with other organizations, and transitional housing. Filed Under: Santiago Domínguez.
Thousands of ways to help victims
“We have a database of more than 4,000 programs that support victims of domestic violence. These programs vary from state to state and are even different from community to community in terms of the services they offer and how they are offered, ”details the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
“The National Domestic Violence Hotline is a national service available to anyone. Our experts can talk with you about how to deal with specific situations, they can listen to you and give you their opinion if that is what you are looking for and can connect people who call us with essential resources ”they detail. Filed Under: Santiago Domínguez.
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