Murder of Mark Kilroy
1989 kidnapping and murder in Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On March 14, 1989, University of Texas at Austin student Mark James Kilroy was kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, while vacationing during spring break. He was taken by his abductors to a ranch where he was tortured and sodomized for hours before being murdered in a human sacrifice ritual. Kilroy was killed with a machete blow and then had his brain removed and boiled in a pot. His killers then inserted a wire through his spinal column, amputated his legs at the knees, and buried him at the ranch along with 14 other people who had been killed there before him. Adolfo Constanzo, the leader of the cult, told his followers that human sacrifice granted them immunity from law enforcement for their drug smuggling operations. The killing drew worldwide media attention and initiated an international police manhunt because of the unusual circumstances of the crime.
Mark Kilroy | |
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Born | Mark James Kilroy March 5, 1968 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | March 14, 1989 (aged 21) Rancho Santa Elena, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
Cause of death | Homicide (machete blow) |
Resting place | Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Galveston County, Texas, U.S. |
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After the bodies were discovered on April 11, 1989, Constanzo fled to Mexico City but was eventually tracked down. As the police surrounded his apartment complex, Constanzo died after ordering one of the cult members to kill him with a machine gun. Sara Aldrete, another high-ranking member of the cult, was arrested at the scene along with several others. In 1993, the cult members were found guilty of a number of charges, including capital murder and drug trafficking. Several of them, however, claimed they were not guilty of Kilroy's murder and told the press they were tortured to confess. Two suspects still remain at large.