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18-year-old woman identified as victim in suspicious death in rural El Paso County

The woman who died last week under suspicious circumstances in unincorporated El Paso County had gone to the alleged killer’s residence and was reportedly put into a chokehold and died, arrest affidavit records show.

Jorge Meza-Alarcon Jr., 26, faces first-degree murder charges for allegedly killing Annabelle Floren-Wyant, 18, in his residence at the 13000 block of Halleluiah Trail, north of Falcon in unincorporated El Paso County in the early-morning hours Thursday.

According to the arrest affidavit, El Paso County deputies found Floren-Wyant dead inside the residence with her pants and underwear pulled down to her ankles and blood near her ear at around 3 a.m.

A friend of Floren-Wyant’s told police he dropped her off at the residence around 1 a.m. because Meza-Alarcon was a subscriber of hers on a social media platform, and she had come to “collect money” from him. Floren-Wyant told the friend that Meza-Alarcon was “weird” and requested to periodically check up on her.

After about an hour and a half, the friend stopped hearing from her, so he called police.

During an interview with police, Meza-Alarcon, who had visible injuries to his face, told police that Floren-Wyant agreed to meet up with him to exchange money for sex. He initially said she had allegedly hit him with something like a phone when he went to pay her, causing him to black out.

When he regained consciousness, Meza-Alarcon said he was walking on a street, which was about 3.3 miles away from the residence. He then dialed 911 and reported the assault. Law enforcement retrieved a iPhone 15 with a cracked screen and gold case from him.

The arrest affidavit states that later in an interview Meza-Alarcon said Floren-Wyant had allegedly threatened him before, and he saw a vehicle idling outside the residence, so he was scared that the person in the vehicle and Floren-Wyant would attack him.

After being hit, Meza-Alarcon said he put her in a leglock and transitioned to a jiujitsu chokehold, adding that all of his weight was on her neck and was pulling her head.

When investigators asked him if he knew Floren-Wyant was dead, he stated he was trained and “knows how to do locks,” adding that when that chokehold is used “you only have 2-3 taps in you.”

The detective who wrote the affidavit states that Meza-Alarcon had an “extreme indifference” to human life when he applied the chokehold, which he reasonably knew would create a “grave risk” of death.

Meza-Alarcon is scheduled for his first appearance at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the El Paso County courthouse.

Jorge Meza-Alarcon, 26. (Courtesy of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office)
Jorge Meza-Alarcon, 26. (Courtesy of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office)


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