Woman gunned down in parking lot; husband arrested in murd£r-for-hire plot (video)

A man has been arrested in connection with a murder-for-hire plot after his wife was k!lled in a parking lot in broad daylight. Yesenia Torres, known by her friends as Jessica, was shot to de@th on Jan. 10 in the parking lot of Burger Point on west Mill Street.  Surveillance video showed the victim walking out of the restaurant to her car; then being approached by a gunman who chased her around the car before opening fire.  Authorities said it initially looked like a robbery, but further investigation revealed it was a calculated murdr plot. Five men, including her husband, have now been arrested in connection with the murdr-for-hire plot in San Bernardino.  “These criminals targeted this victim, in a murdr-for-hire scheme that was stemming from a contentious divorce,” said San Bernardino police chief Darren Goodman. Detective Dominic Martinez said eyewitnesses identified the license plate of the suspect vehicle, which was found abandoned in a Walmart parking lot in the east end of the city.  “The suspects then got into a second vehicle, which was located at another business,” said Martinez. “There, we saw that the suspects had changed their clothing and went inside a business for a short amount of time, and got in the second vehicle and fled the area. Police said the plot was motivated by an ongoing dispute during the divorce over the division of multi-million-dollar assets. “Jessica was a businesswoman in our community,” said Goodman. “She was well known and well respected in our community; she was very civically engaged and supported numerous endeavors throughout our city.”  Martinez said they identified two primary suspects within four hours. The alleged shooter was identified as Gerardo Llamas-Torres, 31, and the alleged getaway driver was identified as Arnoldo Ruelas, 54. They were arrested on Jan. 16 after various agencies, including SBPD SWAT, executed multiple search warrants in Los Angeles and Bakersfield. Authorities recovered evidence linking both suspects to the murdr, including a large sum of money. Detectives said further evidence indicated that Ruelas’ brother, Reynaldo Ruelas, 37, worked at a property owned by the victim and her estranged husband, identified as Sergio Reveles, 53.  Jessica’s husband, Sergio Reveles Reynaldo served as an intermediary between Reveles and his business partner Juan Perez, 42.Reveles and Perez were taken into custody on Feb. 6. Investigators seized over $286,000 in cash and multiple firearms at the time of their arrest. Details about how the murdr-for-hire scheme was executed were not immediately available, but police said that it had been planned for more than a year. All five suspects are charged with murdr, as well as special circumstances for robbery, financial gain and lying-in-wait. All defendants pleaded not guilty to all charges at arraignment and are being held without bail. They are all scheduled to appear for a pre-preliminary hearing in court on March 14. Watch the video showing the woman’s murdr below.  Ex-Husband Among 5 Arrested in Deadly Murder-for-Hire in San BernardinoOn January 10, 2025, Yesenia “Jessica” Torres, a 44-year-old woman, was fatally shot outside a Burger Point restaurant in San Bernardino, California. The incident occurred in broad daylight, with patrons and pic.twitter.com/hchwARXv4y Police Incidents (@PoliceIncident) February 19, 2025   A video shows the heart-stopping moment when 44-year-old Yesenia Jessica Torres was gunned down in broad daylight in a San Bernardino parking lot. Initially suspected to be a robbery gone wrong, authorities now say it was something even more sinistera cold-blooded pic.twitter.com/n0aWAb1NRD thebishgossip (@thebishgossip) February 19, 2025  The post Woman gunned down in parking lot; husband arrested in murdr-for-hire plot (video) appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.