Jehovah’s Witness commits suicide after shooting his estranged wife

November 2nd, 2005 | Posted in: , Psychological & Social Issues | Keywords: , , | 79 Comments



Murder Jehovah\'s WitnessThe Bronx, New York -Julio Lopez, a Jehovah’s Witness man gunned down his estranged wife and then killed himself after accusing her of straying from their faith and sleeping with another man, police and neighbors said yesterday.

The couple’s 21-year-old daughter found the bloodbath at 10:30 a.m. yesterday in her mother’s Soundview apartment after the woman failed to show up to work as an Avon sales representative, neighbors said.

Sharoll Medina, 39, was sprawled on her bed with a gunshot wound to her head. Her estranged husband, Julio Lopez, 45, lay dead against a wall nearby with a revolver beside him, police said.

Lopez and Medina, both Jehovah’s Witnesses, separated about 18 months ago. But Lopez would often show up unannounced at Medina’s fifth-floor apartment, neighbors said.

She routinely refused to let him inside, but rather than go away he would sleep in his truck. Their fighting got worse when Lopez found out Medina was dating another man - and he later argued with her about it, neighbors said.

Based on Daily News and New York Post articles



79 Comments

Pages: [4] 3 2 1 » (Show All)


Comment by DrinyDiluer (Comment ID: 288290)

I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:



Posted on December 17, 2007 at 4:23 pm

 

Comment by DrinyDiluer (Comment ID: 286091)

I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting!



Posted on December 8, 2007 at 4:45 am

 

Comment by Person (Comment ID: 276869)

This is the true story, apostates making this up like always



Posted on October 26, 2007 at 4:31 pm


Comment by fri (Comment ID: 276872)

What are you saying person, only jw’s witnesses tell the truth and the rest is all lies???

Please do remove your head from the wt’s ass. It is time you learn how to see things clearly and smell better too.



Posted on October 26, 2007 at 4:40 pm

 
 

Comment by Kayla Rivera (Comment ID: 251353)

Those People were my family.. and that story is alll wrong. It upsets me that people would tell such lies about the death of individuals.
The real story was.. this…

They were common law, meaning.. never offically married.

Neither were jehova’s witness. We are all christian people.
Sharoll USED to work for Avon but was a supervisor for the company HEAP!
John a.k.a Julio was a truck driver.

Julio (my uncle) and Sharoll (my aunt) had been separted 2 yrs. The had a history of domestic violence, but they were together 15 yrs so no one suspected it to end in such tragedy.
After 2 yrs Julio still wouldnt take no for an answer. We all just thought they really loved each other

Sharoll’s daughter, my cousin got a phone call from one of sharoll’s co workers, saying that she hadnt come to work. That of course was odd because she never missed a day of work and LORD knows she was never late.

My cousin decied to drop what she was doing to go check up on her mother, which they had a very strong bond.

When my cousin got there.. it was a blood bath!! She saw both of them DEAD.
She panicked and ran downstairs to the nearest police car, which was parked in front of the building.

After investigation it was stated that there had been a struggle and it was concluded that Julio shot my aunt twice and then shot himself.

After speaking with my cousin she explained to me that there was a man who was interested in her mother. One day this man called her mother and left her a message on her answering machine. The message was a bible verse.
It just so happens that Julio was in the house that day and heard the message while it was being left.
Julio became enraged and decided from that point on that he was going to end her life. JEALOUSY overcame this man.

After speaking to several of julio’s co workers, it was concluded that he began to plan this murder. He would go to work crying, devastated. Telling his co workers that he lost the love of his life to another man. He even suggested to one of them that maybe he should just kill her so noone else can have her.

BEING THAT THEY HAD BEEN SEPARATED, IT IS FAIR TO CONCLUDE THAT THERE WAS NO CHEATING INVOLVED IN THIS STORY. I WILL NOT HAVE MY AUNTS NAME DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD, OVER SOME NEIGHBORS LIES.

Anyway, the end result was that he waited for Sharoll outside her door. He knew exactly what time she would leave for work. Once she came outside, he dragged her inside, locked the door and dragged her into the room. He proceeded to threaten her life. He had a small gun. He carried it in a party bag.
He shot her twice in the face. He couldnt bare with what he did, that he tried to kill himself. He was soo nervous that he actually needed 2 hands to successfully pull the trigger, investigators said.

My whole family was devastated by this act of selfishness.
We just can not understand how a man who has claimed to love a woman for 15 years can turn around and take her life. How he can just take her away from her 2 daughters.(from a previous husband) Her two daughters who adored her.These 2 girls that actually loved him because he pretty much raised them. Her two daughters who felt that without her, they were nothing.
Julio also had a daughter (from a previous wife) and 4 granchildren, who loved him very much.
Julio’s mother, My grandmother, still untill this day cannot accept what happened.
Our familes have broken apart over this tragedy.
Sharoll was 39, she had a full life ahead of her.
WHY? is all we can ask ourselves!! as we try to move on.

P.s. If you ever hear someone say they feel like killing someone, please dont keep it to yourself. You can save soemones life, by doing the right thing.

REST IN PEACE.

A family ripped apart,

KAyla Love



Posted on July 31, 2007 at 3:45 am

 

Pages: [4] 3 2 1 » (Show All)

Leave a comment

Don't forget to fill in the following Anti-Spam-Word* before you press the submit-button:

*This action is intended to prove that you are a human being and not some kind of robot spamming this site with advertisements.

Click here for a list of Recent Comments on other Articles