In the early morning hours of Sept. De La Cruz soon took over. While De La Cruz desperately tried to revive Maria, he asked her husband about the drugs. Pellot had told the operator his wife may have taken some pills. Officer Gregorio De la Cruz : He stands up, he goes to the restroom. I can β I can tell all this because I hear it.
Clonazepam is a drug that is often used to treat anxiety. It had been prescribed to Pellot, not to his wife Maria. Yazmin Martinez says her friend Maria adored her boys, 5-year-old Alejandro and Valentino, who was turning 2. Yazmin Martinez : She would like to take her children to the park β¦ she read to them before they went to bed. Maria enjoyed being a stay at home mom. She was learning to play the piano and planning to resume her career.
A few years after they married, the couple moved to Laredo, Texas. Pellot had landed a lucrative job as a nurse anesthetist, known in the medical profession as a CRNA. Tina Dores : A nurse anesthetist, or a CRNA, certified registered nurse anesthetist and a physician anesthesiologist use the same medication, same techniques to provide anesthesia for people of all ages. Tina Dores : When I first met him β¦ he was very family orientated β¦ a hard worker, smart guy β¦ he would always talk about β¦ Maria and Alejandro β¦ and showing pictures of his son and just talking about family life in general.
And now at the Pellot home, paramedics and police were struggling to save the life of the young wife and mother. When more help arrived, De La Cruz sent Pellot downstairs to the kitchen.
At a. He may be under the influence of drugs. Authorities immediately launched a death investigation. Pellot eventually gave consent for the search. Still, Mata had a lot of questions. To get some answers, he directed authorities to put Pellot in a police cruiser to take him to the station. Around 4 a. What did I do? Luis Mata : His initial statement was that he went in and took a shower β¦ he thought she was asleep. Steam, condensation, the smell of soap or shampoo β¦ that master bedroom shower, which is the one he alleged he used, was as dry as a desert.
