Particulars emerge in case of Salem lady, Nayeli Nieves, allegedly murdered in entrance of her youngsters

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Pablo Vicente pleaded not responsible to murdering the mom of his youngsters, however police say he confessed to them in an interview.

Authorities introduced Tuesday that they had arrested Pablo Vicente, 33, of Salem and charged him with the homicide of 20-year-old Nayeli Nieves, his girlfriend and the mom of his two younger youngsters. 

Vicente pleaded not responsible to murdering Nieves at his arraignment on Tuesday. Nevertheless, a report by the Salem Police Division says Vicente confessed to officers in an interview. In accordance with the report, obtained by Boston.com, Vicente advised officers he choked Nieves to loss of life at her Salem house whereas their two youngsters had been current, and disposed of her physique in a dumpster days later.

What authorities say occurred

In accordance with the police report, a relative of Vicente’s alerted a Lynn police detective on Aug. 7 that Vicente had confessed to killing Nieves at her Salem condominium and leaving her physique in a dumpster close by. The detective started investigating and located documentation in a police database of a earlier home violence incident between Vicente and Nieves. 

Primarily based on the data from the Lynn detective, Salem police searched Nieves’ condominium however didn’t discover her there. Additionally they searched the dumpsters, and located nothing. Then they spoke with Nieves’ household and discovered that they hadn’t heard from her for every week, which was uncommon.  

Police then tracked down Pablo Vicente. Within the report, they write that Vicente was “cooperative” and “voluntarily agreed” to a recorded interview. At first, Vicente advised a narrative about how Nieves had run away with one other man and left her youngsters behind. However then, the report says, he admitted to getting right into a combat along with her.

He accused her of dishonest on him, and mentioned he had discovered proof on her telephone, in line with the report. Vicente advised police he put his hand round Nieves’ throat and saved choking her till she misplaced consciousness and fell to the ground, the report says. 

Vicente mentioned Nieves wakened and misplaced consciousness two extra instances, however he was too preoccupied going by her telephone to note when she didn’t get up the third time. The couple’s youngsters, a 3-year-old and 9-month-old, had been within the room when Nieves died, the report mentioned.

Vicente saved her physique within the condominium with the youngsters for 3 days, police mentioned, earlier than wrapping it in a bedsheet and carpet and disposing of it in a dumpster on the property. 

Vicente advised police he didn’t name 911 after his combat with Nieves as a result of “he wished to spend extra time along with his youngsters,” in line with the report.

After Vicente’s confession and arrest, police say they discovered safety footage apparently displaying him taking Nieves’ physique to the dumpsters. When police searched the dumpsters once more, they discovered that they had been emptied earlier that day. 

Vicente’s alleged historical past of home violence

The Boston Globe reported that Vicente was arrested in April for allegedly assaulting Nieves. Prosecutors on the time requested the choose to carry him in jail with out bail as a result of he had defaulted on a home violence cost earlier than, in 2019. However the choose denied that request and Vicente was later launched on bail.

The Globe additionally reported {that a} former accomplice of Vicente’s, who had a baby with him in 2012, described him as “violent solely when he was drunk.” 

“We do have a previous restraining order in opposition to one another,” the girl advised the Globe. “[But] I used to be not anticipating to get up to this information.”

What comes subsequent within the case

Vicente was ordered held with out bail at his arraignment on Tuesday. 

He’s due again in court docket on Sept. 8 for a possible trigger listening to, in line with the Salem District Courtroom Clerk’s workplace. 

In the meantime, Nieves’ youngsters are within the custody of the Division of Youngsters and Households. Police are nonetheless trying to find her physique. 

“We’re actively looking out,” Salem police chief Lucas Miller mentioned at a press convention following Vicente’s arraignment. “We’ve discovered what I might name proof, however I don’t need to say whether or not that’s her.” 

Nieves’s brother, Angel Nieves, and his girlfriend, Janessa Sosa, had been additionally current on the arraignment. They mentioned their household was devastated.

“She was an excellent mom and she or he didn’t deserve what occurred to her,” Sosa mentioned.