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Details on the Advisory-Related Crime

Submitted February 2, 2005 - 2:53 am by Al Giordano
Channel 4 in Brownesville, Texas reports more details of the murder of Gloria Estella Manzanares by her husband, who used the recent U.S. State Department "travel advisory" against Mexico - and a telephone chord - as his weapon:

Reported by Romeo Cantu

FEBRUARY 1, 2005 - A Brownsville school teacher is dead and police say her husband is the killer.

30-year old Norberto Manzanares appeared before a Brownsville judge Tuesday morning where he was formally charged with strangling his wife Gloria Estella Manzanares.

He was very calm in the courtroom, but after he left he was seen crying.

Police say on Tuesday morning Manzanares claimed that he and his wife had been kidnapped while driving along 12 Street in Matamoros. He told Mexican police his wife had been strangled and he took her to a nearby hospital for help.

But Brownsville police later discovered that Manzanares made up the story and was trying to use the recent violence across the border to cover up his crime.

Investigators say they found a rope and telephone cord at the couple's home on Habana Street that they believe are the murder weapons.

Manzanares bond was set at a million dollars. He remains jailed.

The body of Gloria Estella Manzanares has been brought back to Brownsville for an autopsy.

Mrs. Manzanares was a teacher at Sharp Elementary in Brownsville. A spokesman for the school district says Manzanares had just joined the staff in September.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Gloria Manzanares. Everyone is asked to respect the privacy of Sharp Elementary as staff and students deal with their loss," said a statement issued by the district.

A crisis intervention team is on campus to provide grief counseling to students and staff.

Gloria Estella Manzanares thus becomes the first U.S. victim of the Condoleeza Rice era at the U.S. Department of State.

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