Irving Cisneros Arguelles/Courtesy of St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office
A woman reported missing in St. Landry Parish is found dead, and her boyfriend is accused of killing her. A ping of Jorlany Osario Beitez’s phone led investigators to a remote area along Highway 10, where they found her vehicle burned out. Sheriff Bobby Guidroz says a deputy found a man walking in that area.
“We picked up the individual and started questioning him. We went back to the car and asked him if anyone was in the car, and he responded ‘no,'” Guidroz said.
Sheriff Guidroz says 24-year-old Irving Cisneros Arguelles of Lawtell eventually admitted to killing her, and deputies arrested him.
“After a brief interrogation, he (Arguelles) admitted to killing this lady, his girlfriend, is what we gather,” Guidroz said.
Guidroz says Arguelles originally told searchers that he had dumped his girlfriend’s body into a lake in Eunice, but they couldn’t find it. Then, they demanded that he tell the truth.
“He (Arguelles) said, ‘Well, it’s (Beitez’s body) not in the lake. I threw her in a little waterhole just north of the car where the car was abandoned,'” Guidroz explained.
And that’s where deputies found her body. At this time, the cause of her death is unclear. Arguelles is facing several charges, including first-degree murder, and he has an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) hold on him since Guidroz says he’s in the country illegally.
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