{"id":215115,"date":"2026-04-30T07:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215115\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:50:29","slug":"murdered-beauty-queens-husband-admits-breastfeeding-their-baby-from-her-dead-body-after-his-jealous-mum-shot-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215115\/","title":{"rendered":"Murdered beauty queen\u2019s husband \u2018admits breastfeeding their baby from her dead body\u2019 after \u2018his jealous mum shot her\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE husband of a murdered beauty queen claims he tried to breastfeed their baby from her corpse after she was allegedly shot dead by her \u201cjealous\u201d mum-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>A major <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/16279982\/cops-manhunt-jealous-mother-beauty-queen-executed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">manhunt has been launched for Erika Maria Herrera<\/a>, 63, after she was seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/16267841\/husband-reacts-mother-executes-beauty-queen-baby-mexico\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">haunting footage approaching Carolina Flores Gomez<\/a>, 27, with a gun.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for The US Sun newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Flores Gomez, 27, was shot dead on April 15 Credit: Jam Press<\/p>\n<p>Horror footage showed her walk into a room before gunshots were heard Credit: Grupo Reforma<\/p>\n<p>Carolina, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/16261570\/beauty-queen-dead-apartment-gunshot-head\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miss Teen Universe, was shot dead in the face, neck and head on April 15<\/a> \u2013 with prosecutors saying her mother-in-law is the main suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband Alejandro has claimed he decided to stay at home and not immediately report the shooting because he wanted to feed their baby, according to local crime reporter Carlos Jimenez.<\/p>\n<p>He said he tried to breastfeed the tot \u2013 as Carolina had been doing at the time \u2013 and then bathed it before calling his lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>It was only until the next day that he decided to alert cops.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/16288852\/rachel-kerr-missing-morocco-hotel-final-post\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/JW_29_04_MISSING_MOROCCO_V3_COMP.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">DESPERATE SEARCH<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Missing influencer is \u2018danger to herself\u2019, pals fear as last post revealed<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"article-readmore__text-anchor-wrap\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/16267841\/husband-reacts-mother-executes-beauty-queen-baby-mexico\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" width=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/newspress-collage-sk2nvqkgb-1777025090852.jpg\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-kicker\">IN COLD BLOOD<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-readmore__text-headline\">Ex-beauty queen is &#8216;killed by mother-in-law&#8217; as son gives shock reaction<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carolina pictured with her husband Alejandro, who claims he tried to breastfeed his baby using her dead body Credit: Jam Press<\/p>\n<p>Police have launched a major manhunt for Carolina\u2019s mother-in-law Credit: JamPress<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed he feared the baby could be taken into care by social services.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina\u2019s mum, Reyna G\u00f3mez Molina, has accused Alejandro of keeping the body at home and delaying his call to the police in order to give his own mother time to escape.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have not confirmed the claims.<\/p>\n<p>Chilling footage from the day of Carolina\u2019s death shows two women walking into a room before gunshots and screaming are heard.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina was a Miss Teen Universe winner Credit: Jam Press<\/p>\n<p>Cops believe Carolina\u2019s accused killer went on the run shortly after the fatal shooting took place Credit: JamPress<\/p>\n<p>Herrera was inside the home with her son \u2013 Carolina\u2019s partner \u2013 at the time of the shooting in Polanco, Mexico City.<\/p>\n<p>The mum-in-law fled after the alleged killing and remains on the run.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting is said to have happened late Wednesday night \u2013 but was not reported until the following day, reports say.<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro has not been arrested but is understood to be under investigation for failing\u00a0to report his wife\u2019s death immediately.<\/p>\n<p>In the harrowing video of Carolina\u2019s death, the former pageant winner from Baja\u00a0California\u00a0can be seen walking to the back of her home wearing a white robe.<\/p>\n<p>Several local outlets have reported Carolina was going to get her mother-in-law a drink of water at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Herrera is then seen following her before several gunshots ring out.<\/p>\n<p>The victim\u2019s husband, Alejandro, walks into the frame just seconds later, carrying the couple\u2019s baby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was that?\u201d he asks his mother in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you do, crazy?\u201d an unidentified person\u2019s voice is heard saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing,\u201d his mum answers. \u201cShe made me angry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong with you? She\u2019s my family,\u201d Alejandro says, calmly.<\/p>\n<p>His mum replies: \u201cYou\u2019re mine and she stole you\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish media outlet Debate spoke to a close friend of Carolina, who said the victim had been hounded by her mother-in-law when she fell pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>The friend said Carolina believed that Herrera \u201cnever liked her\u201d and that she had \u201cgotten worse\u201d since the pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been suggested that a multimillion-pound inheritance could be behind the killing.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina is believed to have received a large sum of money following the death of her father.<\/p>\n<p>The high-profile killing has left the Mexican community reeling, sparking a wave of protests in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/where\/mexico\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico<\/a>\u2018s Baja California over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina was born in San Diego, was crowned Miss Teen Universe for Baja California in 2017, and picked up several local titles in her home city of Ensenada.<\/p>\n<p>The police\u00a0investigation\u00a0into the shooting remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE husband of a murdered beauty queen claims he tried to breastfeed their baby from her corpse after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[303,9,24,63,104,122,124,123,3980,4015],"class_list":["post-215115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-crime","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-police","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-shootings","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}