Bridegroom Remains Lone Chicago Fugitive On FBI's Ten Most Wanted List

BURBANK, IL — The hunt continues for a bridegroom suspected of killing his Burbank bride on their wedding day in May 2012. Arnoldo Jimenez, who turned 40 this year, remains the lone Chicago fugitive on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List.

Within 24 hours of marrying Jimenez on the spur of the moment at Chicago City Hall, 26-year-old Estrella Carrera was found stabbed to death in her Burbank condo in May 2012. Burbank police believe Jimenez stabbed Carrera in his black, four-door 2006 Maserati and dragged her body to the bathtub in her condo.

The couple was last seen in the early morning hours of May 12, 2012, after an evening of celebrating their wedding with family and friends at a restaurant in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, and later, at a nightclub on the city’s North Side.

When Carrera failed to pick up her two young children the next afternoon as planned, her family asked Burbank police to conduct a well-being check at her condo in the 7800 block of South Rutherford Avenue. Officers found her lifeless body in the bathtub, still wearing the same silver sequined cocktail dress she wore celebrating with family.

Jimenez, the father of Carrera’s youngest child, was nowhere to be found. The Cook County Medical Examiner determined Carrera died of multiple stab wounds. Her death was ruled a homicide.

According to a 2012 federal warrant, Jimenez contacted his sister, telling her that he had a “bad fight” with Carrera and left her bleeding. He is also said to have had another conversation with a “close associate” stating that he was leaving Illinois. The Texas-born Jimenez reportedly said that if the police came looking for him, to tell law enforcement that he was heading to Mexico.

Records placed Jimenez’s cellphone in Hidalgo, Texas, near the Mexican border, at 10:45 p.m. on May 13, 2012. That's the last time police were able to track the phone

Burbank police said Jimenez had prior arrests for domestic abuse, though not with Carerra. Those close to the couple said there had been incidents of violence, but Carrera had never filed a complaint against him.

The FBI believes Jimenez may have fled to Durango, Mexico, specifically in the area of Santiago Papasquiaro. He is also known to frequent Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is previously from Chicago.

He has been known to travel under the aliases of “Arnoldo Gimenez” and “Arnoldo Rochel Jimenez.” Jimenez is a white Hispanic man, is 6 feet tall, 200 to 225 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.

The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to Jimenez’s capture. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 800-CALL-FBI (800-225-5324) or contact the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.