'Wanted to kill another': Woman found in plastic barrel was shot dead by boyfriend who warned nephew he 'had already killed one' before making him help hide her corpse, DA says

A Texas antheral allegedly gunned down his girlfriend portion she slept and past scooped her body up into trash bags, which helium past placed wrong a integrative tube earlier dumping it with assistance from his nephew.

Jesus Varela, 48, is accused of "forcing" his nephew to "help him fell the girlfriend's corpse" aft sidesplitting unfortunate Christelrose Angel Ramirez earlier this month, according to Harris County prosecutors and section ABC affiliate KTRK.

A justice noted during a probable origin proceeding past week that Varela allegedly threatened his comparative and told him helium "had already killed 1 idiosyncratic and wanted to termination another, with a grip connected [the nephew's] shirt," per the judge's statement of the allegations.

Prosecutors accidental Varela killed Ramirez connected Dec. 1 wrong their location successful Independence Heights and past forcefully enlisted his nephew to assistance dispose of her assemblage and the furniture she was laying connected erstwhile the shooting occurred, according to tribunal documents viewed by Law&Crime.

Blood was allegedly recovered passim the couple's bedroom, including connected the ceiling supra the furniture and the headboard.

"They (investigators) said she was dormant and helium changeable her portion she was dormant and past started bagging her up," Ramirez's father, Ricardo Ramirez, told NBC affiliate KPRC.

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Varela allegedly placed Ramirez wrong a trash container and past wrapped 3 much trash bags astir it. He past stuffed the bags into the tube and dumped it with his nephew's assistance successful a wooded country successful northwest Houston, according to prosecutors. The 2 men disposed of the furniture successful a adjacent flat complex.

"She didn't merit this," Ramirez's aunt, Maggie Ramirez, told KPRC.

"Nobody deserves to dice similar that, due to the fact that we are not dogs oregon animals oregon trash to beryllium thrown retired there," Ricardo Ramirez added. "I'm going to beryllium determination each time successful tribunal to marque definite that they springiness him the maximum. All I privation is justness for my daughter."

Varela was reportedly caught aft a person of his nephew heard astir what happened and notified police. The nephew confessed to being allegedly forced by Varela to instrumentality portion successful the assemblage disposal and accused his uncle of assaulting and restraining him.

Investigators were capable to find Ramirez's assemblage aft pinging her telephone and tracing it to the wooded country wherever her remains were found, section CBS affiliate KHOU reports. Varela has been charged with murder, battle and unlawful restraint.

Ramirez's household described her connected GoFundMe arsenic a unfortunate of "domestic violence," with her parents informing others to beryllium wary of akin DV situations.

"Don't beryllium a victim," Maggie Ramirez told KPRC. "Don't dice successful a barrel. Be idiosyncratic that speaks up and breaks the enslaved of fear."

Varela was being held Monday connected bonds totaling $240,000 and is owed backmost successful tribunal connected Tuesday, according to online records.